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Enhancing Educational Efficiency: Strategies for Optimizing Resources

Explore efficiency measurements and strategies to increase productivity in educational settings at school, district, state, and federal levels. Discover how factors like spending, student time, personnel mix, and more impact efficiency.

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Enhancing Educational Efficiency: Strategies for Optimizing Resources

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  1. Efficiency in the spotlight • 1966---Equality of Educational Opportunity • Also referred to as The Coleman Report • 1983---A Nation at Risk

  2. Two Sides • Money does matter • Numerous studies pointing out that money does not matter. • Lots of these point to SES as the underlying factor in achievement (outputs) • Money does not matter • Numerous studies pointing out that money does matter

  3. Measurements • Normative Approaches???????? • Public Choice Theory

  4. Efficiency Measurements • Production Function Analysis (Normative Approach) the total output based upon all inputs (standardized tests are typically used as measurement of outcome) • Modified Quadriform Analysis uses a pair of multiple regression formulas and plots the residuals of those against each other to create a "visual heuristic for comparison“ • Data Envelopment Analysis aggregates multiple input and output streams into one "virtual input" and one "virtual output" variables, the ratio of the two establishes a school's efficiency (Guthrie 308) • Stochastic Frontier Analysis creates an "efficiency frontier" for a group of organizations and then evaluates a single organization in relation to the frontier • Total Factor Productivity Essentially looks at how important certain inputs are in total outputs

  5. Point of Interest • Examining School District Efficiency in Georgia (2010) • Rolle, Houk, and He • Modified Quadriform Analysis that looked at multiple test scores in relation to median income, enrollment, tax wealth, race, and more.

  6. Examining School District Efficiency in Georgia(2010) • Found that administrative spending was linked to inefficiency • Instructional spending linked to higher productivity • Experience linked to high performance • Higher salary leads to increased efficiency • District wealth determines performance

  7. What can be done to increase efficiency? • on the school level • on the district level • on the state level • on the federal level

  8. Ways to achieve greater technical efficiency • Positive and Focused Learning Climate • Pupil Assignment Policies--have students assist in tutoring others • School and Class Size • Student Time--make sure student time is focused on student learning • Focus on mastery of core subjects • Altering Personnel Mix--have master teacher in charge of early service teacher • Pupil Evaluation--surveys

  9. Different Ways to Cut Inputs • Salary Freezes • Class Size Formulas • Electives --hurts allocativeefficiency • Class Schedule --move to fewer periods per day • Audit Professional Development • Increased Use of Technology --online courses • Limit paraprofessionals • Move away from seniority based cutbacks

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