The effect of school expenditures on student performance has been a subject of much study and controversy. This paper provides additional empirical evidence about the effects of various categories of school spending on student performance. An educational production function is estimated using...

One frequently proposed policy is to consolidate rural school districts in order to save money by obtaining economies of size. The effects of school district size on both expenditures and standardized test scores are estimated for Oklahoma. Results indicate that economies of scale with respect...

An educational production function is estimated using achievement test scores to proxy school output, with socio-economic characteristics and expenditures in various categories as inputs. The data are school district level expenditures. Unlike most past research, a correction is made for the...