Analysis of complementary methodologies for the estimation of school value added

• Tipo: Artigo em Revista Científica Internacional
• Data: 2010

Autores

M. C. A. S. Portela (Autor) Outra; A. S. Camanho (Autor) FEUP

Revista

Título: Journal of the Operational Research Society

Vol. 61 Nº 7

Páginas: 1122-1132

ISSN: 0160-5682

Editora: Taylor & Francis

Indexação

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INSPEC

Classificação Científica

FOS: Ciências da engenharia e tecnologias > Outras ciências da engenharia e tecnologias

CORDIS: Ciências Sociais > Economia > Estudos de gestão

Outras Informações

ID Authenticus: P-003-5CZ

DOI: 10.1057/jors.2009.85

Abstract (EN): This paper analyses the value added (VA) of a sample of Portuguese schools using two methodologies: data envelopment analysis (DEA) and the methodology used presently by the UK Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF). The VA estimates obtained by the two methods are substantially different. This reflects their different focus: DEA emphasizes on best-observed performance, whereas the DCSF method reveals average performance. The main advantage of the methodology used by the DCSF is its simplicity, although it confounds pupil effects with school effects in the estimation of school VA. In contrast, the DEA methodology can differentiate these effects, but the complexity may prevent its use in a systematic way. This paper shows that the two methods provide complementary information regarding the VA of schools, and their joint use can improve the understanding of the relative effectiveness of schools regarding the progress that pupils make between educational stages.

Idioma: Inglês

Tipo (Avaliação Docente): Científica

Nº de páginas: 11