Guiding schools to improved performance using data envelopment analysis : An illustration with data from a local education authority

Guiding schools to improved performance using data envelopment analysis : An illustration with data from a local education authority

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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: ,
Keywords: statistics: data envelopment analysis
Abstract:

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.

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