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An Analysis Of The District Marginal Costs Of Mandatory State Standardized Tests, J. Eli Crow
An Analysis Of The District Marginal Costs Of Mandatory State Standardized Tests, J. Eli Crow
Department of Educational Administration: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research
The purpose of this study was to determine (a) the estimate for the district marginal cost of mandatory state standardized assessments, (b) if student enrollment can be used to predict the district marginal cost of mandatory state standardized assessments, and c) the unit (per student) district marginal cost of mandatory state standardized assessments. The study included the use of a simple linear regression analysis with associated plots and trend lines.
The study established that district enrollment was correlated with district marginal cost of standardized testing which allowed the researcher to calculate the total and per student district level marginal cost …