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ERIC Number: EJ558889
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1997
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0038-0407
How Money Matters: The Effect of School District Spending on Academic Achievement.
Wenglinsky, Harold
Sociology of Education, v70 n3 p221-37 Jul 1997
Applies LISREL 8 to data from the 1992 National Assessment of Educational Progress (mathematics, eighth grade) and the Common Core of Data of U.S. school districts. Proposes a positive relationship between per-pupil expenditures and achievement due to reduced class size. (MJP)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Class Size, Educational Equity (Finance), Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education, Expenditure per Student, Instructional Student Costs, School District Spending, School Districts, School Effectiveness, State School District Relationship
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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Identifiers: National Assessment of Educational Progress