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Lavy, Victor – National Bureau of Economic Research, 2012
In this paper, I examine how student academic achievements and behavior were affected by a school finance policy experiment undertaken in elementary schools in Israel. Begun in 2004, the funding formula changed from a budget set per class to a budget set per student, with more weight given to students from lower socioeconomic and lower educational…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Time on Task, Educational Finance, Financial Support
Hyland, Patricia K.; Keaton, Constance J. – 1994
The intent of this study was to reduce the numbers of off-task behaviors of a group of 32 sixth-grade students in an economically disadvantaged, urban, junior high school. The subjects of the study were given the materials (paper, the mathematics book, and pencils) and seated before the tardy bell. Following teacher graphing of each of the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Behavior Modification, Behavior Patterns, Disadvantaged Youth