DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS: A TOOL FOR SECONDARY EDUCATION RANKING AND BENCHMARKING

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Title:	DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS: A TOOL FOR SECONDARY EDUCATION RANKING AND BENCHMARKING
Author:	Wooton, Sharyl Stasser
Description:	Since the publishing of A Nation at Risk in 1983, the emerging trend in secondary education is to measure student, school and district performance using standardized proficiency exams. Districts in the same state are then ranked based on the percentage of students passing these exams. These rankings affect funding and public opinion about the district. Due to the No Child Left Behind Act being signed into Law in January 2002, the stakes based on these rankings will be even greater. All states must ensure that districts are making "adequate yearly progress", and if they are not, apply sanctions. The purpose of this study is to consider Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) as an alternative to the current system for ranking and benchmarking districts. DEA is a variation of traditional linear programming and has proven to be a useful tool for obtaining relative efficiencies and developing peer groups of service oriented institutions.
Permanent Link:	http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1050604854 http://hdl.handle.net/2374.OX/18183
Date:	2003

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