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Showing 1 to 19 of 19 for “"Per Pupil Expenditures"”.
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TCAP Scores and Per Pupil Expenditures: Statewide Changes Before and After Tennessee’s First to the Top Act
… Program (TCAP) scores and the changes in Per Pupil Expenditures (PPE) after the enactment of First to the Top Act of 2010 and the receipt of $501,000,000 in federal Race to the Top (RTTT) grant monies. Half of that money was retained by Tennessee Department of Education (TDOE) for …
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The Relationship Between Budget Expenditures and Building Conditions of Selected School Divisions in The Commonwealth of Virginia
… the relationship between selected budgetary expenditures for facilities and debt service and building conditions in the Commonwealth of Virginia. One research question and three sub-questions for selected school divisions were used to investigate this topic. The major data components used in …
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A Descriptive Statistical Analysis of the Relationships Between Socioeconomic Status, Attendance Rates, Per Pupil Expenditures, Teacher Qualifications, and On-Time Educational Attainment Rates within the State of Virginia Including a Comparative Study of the Appalachian and Non-Appalachian School Division
… predicting abilities of socioeconomic status, per pupil expenditures, percentage of highly qualified teachers and attendance rates for on-time educational attainment in the state of Virginia and (b) to compare the Appalachian School Divisions of Virginia with the non-Appalachian school …
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The impact of spending cuts on Missouri student achievement
… found a slightly negative relationship between per-pupil expenditures and attendance rates across 267 Missouri school districts. Per-pupil expenditures did not have predictive significance when compared to graduation rate or MAP scores. Through the findings of this study, district decision …
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Instructional expenditures in Illinois high school districts and the relationship to student achievement during NCLB
… (Alexander & Alexander, 2011). The disparity in expenditures between school districts in Illinois has fueled political and public debate related to the equitable, adequate, and efficient access to resources in order to educate students. Recent legislation has been introduced to reallocate state …
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Public School Funding and School Systems Meeting Adequate Yearly Progress in Tennessee.
… Federal, state, and local funding, as well as per-pupil expenditure, average teacher salary, and number of students, were used as variables. All data were gathered from the Tennessee Department of Education website.</p><p>The researcher performed 6 independent samples <em>t</em>-tests and one …
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Minority disproportionality in New Jersey
… Other district level variables including: per pupil expenditures, number of suspensions, the percentage of students who are limited English proficient, graduation rate, dropout rate, average class size, and level of faculty credentials were also analyzed in order to determine if they were …
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The impact of school district financial allocation on district effectiveness : a look at school districts in Missouri
… The independent variables are overall expenditures per ADA, average teacher salary, expenditures on instructional salary per pupil, expenditures on instructional support salary per pupil, and expenditures on professional development per pupil. The dependent variable for the study was …
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Fractionalization and tax effort to fund Illinois public schools: an equity analysis
… and faculty population. From a school funding perspective, however, a diverse student population may adversely impact a community’s property tax effort to fund public education. In Illinois, local property taxes are the primary source of revenue that supports public school expenditures. …
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An exploration of the relationship between specific instructional leadership behaviors of elementary principals and student achievement
… from Arizona, lowa, and Virginia. Seventy-two percent of the principals met all criteria and agreed to participate. The Measure of Elementary Principal Instructional Leadership Behavior, MEPILB, was developed for eight teachers at each school (total of 576) to indicate those instructional …
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Analysis of Fiscal Equity in Virginia: 2004 - 2020
… completes several statistical analyses of per pupil expenditure data in the Commonwealth of Virginia to assess the degree of fiscal equity in the statewide finance model for public elementary and secondary education. Five years, between 2004 and 2020, were selected for analysis to examine …
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An Analysis of Data Collected from the 2007-2008 Tennessee State Report Card and the Variables Related to Science Test Results.
… Achievement reading scores, school district per-pupil expenditures, school size, percentage of students qualifying for free and reduced-priced meals, and attendance were related to science TCAP test scores from the 2007-2008 school year. The data were gathered from an analysis of mean …
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A comparison of Tennessee elected and appointed school superintendents on selected demographic and school system variables
… of Tennessee elected and appointed school superintendents on selected demographic and school system variables. A questionnaire, consisting of demographic characteristics related to the superintendent and Tennessee school systems, was developed and mailed to all Tennessee superintendents. A …
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Is School Size Important? A Study of the Relationship Between School Size and Advanced Achievement in Public Secondary Schools in Virginia
… achievement as measured by the Virginia Index of Performance while statistically controlling for multiple combinations of the following variables; socioeconomic status, urbanicity of school, per-pupil expenditure, and student-teacher ratio. The combinations of variables used in the current study …
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The Relationship Between Academic Achievement and Perceived Organizational Effectiveness and the Michigan Elementary Exemplary Public School Recognition Program
… while analysis of variance compared the perceived effectiveness between "exemplary" schools, "non-exemplary" schools, and schools which demonstrated highest pupil achievement.</p> <p>Results</p> <p>1. Among eight dependent variables there is one statistically significant difference …
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UNINTENDED EFFECTS OF CHARTER SCHOOL PROGRAMS
… the isolation of disadvantaged students in low performing school districts. Charter schools reduce the link between residential location and school services, and hence potentially affect both property values and residential sorting. This chapter examines if charter schools influence the …
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Effect of special education funding models in Illinois on district placement practice
… (b) Are any of five demographic variables (operational expenditure per pupil, district size, percent of students in special education, percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch, percentage of non-White students) characteristic of school districts that place students above …
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Educational Vision In Florida School Districts: Vision Alignment And Leadership Style
… To what degree are the educational visions of superintendents and principals aligned within Florida K-12 public school districts? The following research questions further guided the study: 1. What common themes can be found in the published vision statements of the 67 Florida K-12 public school …