Article ID: | iaor19951362 |
Country: | United Kingdom |
Volume: | 45 |
Issue: | 11 |
Start Page Number: | 1247 |
End Page Number: | 1262 |
Publication Date: | Nov 1994 |
Journal: | Journal of the Operational Research Society |
Authors: | Thanassoulis E., Dunstan P. |
Keywords: | statistics: data envelopment analysis |
The educational process is characterized by multiple outcomes such as the achievement of academic results of various standards and non-academic achievements. This paper shows how data envelopment analysis (DEA) can be used to guide secondary schools to improved performance through role-model identification and target setting in a way that recognizes the multi-outcome nature of the education process and reflects the relative desirability of improving individual outcomes. The approach presented in the paper draws from a DEA-based assessment of the schools of a local education authority carried out by the authors. Data from that assessment are used to illustrate the approach presented in the paper.