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Teacher Knowledge-Ability and Pupil Achievement.

Tanner, Daniel; Celso, Nicholas – 1981

The effectiveness of schools and the levels of investment in schooling have been in question since the 1966 Coleman report "Equality of Educational Opportunity." Based on a theory of "knowledge-ability," this study challenges the assumption that given "inputs" will yield equivalent effects or "outputs." In…

Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Opportunities, Elementary Education, Input Output Analysis

Relationships Between School District Level Inputs and the Output Performance of Students on the Missouri Basic Essential Skills Test.

Freeman, Vera E.; Hatley, Richard V. – 1981

Missouri requires the testing of all eighth grade students on their competence in reading and language arts, mathematics, and government and economics. This statewide assessment is referred to as the Missouri Basic Essential Skills Test (BEST) and has been given in the spring of each year since 1978. A study was undertaken to determine which…

Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Basic Skills, Community Characteristics, Educational Environment