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Thompson, Jeremy; Young, J. Kenneth; Shelton, Kaye – School Leadership Review, 2021
Policymakers and professional educators attempt to be good stewards of public funds while simultaneously raising expectations for student outcomes that reflect academic excellence in the public school system. The purpose of this study was to determine the efficiency of Texas public school districts and the factors influencing the inefficiency of…
Descriptors: Efficiency, Public Schools, School Districts, Performance Factors
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Ingle, William Kyle; Johnson, Paul Andrew; Givens, Matt Ryan; Rampelt, Jerry – Leadership and Policy in Schools, 2013
Using logistic regression, this study sought to understand the relationship between district characteristics, district finances, levy characteristics, and campaign expenditures with new operating levy outcomes. We found that employee benefits as a percentage of the district's budget were negatively associated with levy outcomes, while salaries…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Evidence, Stakeholders, Expenditures
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Emmons, Mark; Wilkinson, Frances C. – College & Research Libraries, 2011
What impact does the academic library have on student persistence? This study explores the relationship between traditional library input and output measures of staff, collections, use, and services with fall-to-fall retention and six-year graduation rates at Association of Research Libraries member libraries. When controlling for race/ethnicity…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Academic Persistence, Library Services, Library Materials
Jung, Steven M.; And Others – 1971
This document reports the results of a 6-month investigation into the possibility of instituting operational incentive systems in schools. An experiment is suggested that would examine the effects of a wide range of monetary and nonmonetary rewards on students, teachers, administrators, and parents based on demonstrated gains in student…
Descriptors: Accountability, Bibliographies, Data Analysis, Educational Experiments