What are the effective public schools? Insights from New South Wales' secondary schools using a Stochastic Frontier Analysis with a panel dataset

Using Stochastic Frontier Analysis, this article examines the efficiency and effectiveness of financial inputs and demographic data for educational outputs as measured by the Year 12 results for New South Wales secondary schools using a panel dataset from 2005 to 2010. Effective schools, in these an...

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Published in:The Australian journal of education 2017-08, Vol.61 (2), p.141-163
Main Authors: Dancer, Diane, Blackburn, Vincent
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Academic Achievement
Admission Criteria
Cost effectiveness
Datasets
Economic models
Educational Equity (Finance)
Effectiveness
Efficiency
Expenditure per Student
Foreign Countries
Geographic Regions
Government schools
Grade 10
Grade 12
Learning
Longitudinal Studies
Marks, G
Measurement Techniques
Outcomes of Education
Performance factors
Prior learning
Public Schools
Regional characteristics
Resource allocation
School Districts
School Effectiveness
School role
Schools
Scores
Secondary education
Secondary school students
Secondary Schools
Socioeconomic factors
Socioeconomic influences
Socioeconomic Status
Stochastic frontier analysis
Stochastic models
Studies
Teacher Salaries
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Summary:Using Stochastic Frontier Analysis, this article examines the efficiency and effectiveness of financial inputs and demographic data for educational outputs as measured by the Year 12 results for New South Wales secondary schools using a panel dataset from 2005 to 2010. Effective schools, in these analyses, are those that have higher Year 12 results than expected given their students' prior performance and socio-economic status as well as financial inputs. Results indicate that prior learning achievement in Year 10 has a large, significant and positive impact on the current Year 12 results. Using a quadrant method, for each school, the efficiency score and the median Year 12 result are plotted separately for each of the three regions across New South Wales and a further quadrant plot is presented for the four Metropolitan districts in Sydney. Overall 37.5 per cent of schools are efficient and effective schools and 30 per cent are neither efficient nor effective. [Author abstract]
ISSN:0004-9441
2050-5884
DOI:10.1177/0004944117713555