School efficiency rankings in Minnesota
| dc.contributor.advisor | Xue, Yuhan | |
| dc.contributor.advisor | Welsch, David | |
| dc.contributor.advisor | Lovett, Nicholas | |
| dc.contributor.author | Nowariak, Joseph | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2018-01-29T17:06:32Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2018-01-29T17:06:32Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2017-08 | |
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| dc.description.abstract | This paper examines the difference between school level performance rankings for Minnesota public schools for the 2013-2014 school year based on Minnesota Comprehensive Assessment passage rate and econometrically estimated inefficiency. Inefficiency is estimated using Ordinary Least Squares and Stochastic Frontier Analysis. Results show a weak positive correlation between test score rankings and inefficiency rankings, although analysis of the best schools for each ranking show a large variation in which schools are the best. Correlations between OLS and SFA rankings are much stronger and near one. These findings indicate that controls matter when evaluating school performance. | en |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1793/77896 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | en |
| dc.publisher | University of Wisconsin--Whitewater | en |
| dc.subject | Schools--Ratings and rankings--Minnesota | en |
| dc.subject | Education--Minnesota | en |
| dc.title | School efficiency rankings in Minnesota | en |
| dc.type | Thesis | en |