ERIC Number: EJ903274
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2010-Nov
Pages: 21
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ISSN: ISSN-0042-0972
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Relationship between Educational Resources and School Achievement: A Mixed Method Intra-District Analysis
Jimenez-Castellanos, Oscar
Urban Review: Issues and Ideas in Public Education, v42 n4 p351-371 Nov 2010
This study examines the relationship between educational resources (fiscal, personnel and facilities) and school achievement within a large urban/suburban elementary school district. A sequential mixed methods approach reveals inequitable resource allocation trends and patterns between schools within a school district by producing different student outcomes. The educational resources positively correlated to higher school achievement are: higher teacher salaries, newer schools, more multi-purpose space per pupil and less portable classrooms. Without question, White students receive more of these resources than Latino students, low-income students and English Language learners. This study also conducts a multiple comparative case study analysis comparing between Title I and non-Title I schools, within Title I schools and within non-Title I schools. The study contains policy and practice implications to improve opportunity and school achievement in urban/suburban school districts.
Descriptors: Educational Resources, Academic Achievement, Urban Schools, Suburban Schools, Elementary Schools, School Districts, Resource Allocation, Equal Education, Teacher Salaries, Educational Facilities, White Students, Hispanic American Students, Low Income Groups, English (Second Language), Limited English Speaking, Comparative Analysis, Case Studies, Disadvantaged Schools
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Elementary Education
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Language: English
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