Developing Local Educational Indicators--The Priorities.

Eric Alan Hanushek

Expert InsightsPublished 1970

An outgrowth of the June 1970 Chicago Social Indicators Conference, this paper by an Air Force Academy professor and Rand consultant suggests ways to evaluate the schools. Only in the past five years have such attempts been made. Data could be collected fairly cheaply from existing school records on: educational outputs (results), as measured by grade completion, college attendance, achievement scores; family inputs, as measured by parents' education, occupation, and family structure (this may require periodic updating); and school inputs, as measured by school, class and program attendance, specific teachers, and teachers' characteristics. Statistical analysis would enable us to sort out the influences of different factors and to discover what educational inputs produce what outputs. At greater expense, we could use attitude questionnaires and long-term follow-up of students to determine their life patterns, and apply similar statistical analysis. 14 pp.

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  • Year: 1970
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  • Document Number: P-4434

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