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Competition Among Public Schools: An Analysis Of Kentucky Public Elementary Schools, Sarah L. Burns
Competition Among Public Schools: An Analysis Of Kentucky Public Elementary Schools, Sarah L. Burns
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This study relied on data gathered on school identifiers and characteristics, student and teacher characteristics, and index scores of Kentucky public elementary schools, collected from 2001-2008 at the school level. An extensive literature review was completed in order to examine the effects of competition on public schools, both positive and negative.
This paper focused on the impact of public school competition on academic index scores in Kentucky school districts. Competition was measured in two ways: by the number of schools available per student in the district as well as the total district enrollment controlling for the total number of schools …