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Estimating The Efficiency Of Michigan's Rural And Urban Public School Districts, Rita Ann Maranowski
Estimating The Efficiency Of Michigan's Rural And Urban Public School Districts, Rita Ann Maranowski
Wayne State University Dissertations
This study examined student achievement in Michigan public school districts to determine if rural school districts are demonstrating greater financial efficiency by producing higher levels of student achievement than school districts in other geographic locations with similar socioeconomics. Three models were developed using multiple regression analysis of student achievement for high school graduation rates and student proficiency rates for eleventh grade students in mathematics and English language arts as reported from the Michigan Merit Examination results. These models compared student achievement by geographic location which included a selection of 10 independent variables and a sample size of 496 Michigan public …