- Collection:
- Atlanta University and Clark Atlanta University Theses and Dissertations
- Title:
- School expenditures and selected socioeconomic variables as predictors of student achievement and dropout rates in Georgia, 1991
- Creator:
- Anyikire, Felix C.
- Date of Original:
- 1991-12-01
- Subject:
- Degrees, Academic
Dissertations, Academic - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- theses
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of school expenditure, and selected social economic variables on student achievement and dropout rates in the three geographic areas of the state of Georgia. In addition, the study examined the differences in students-' achievement levels in the three geographic areas involved in this study. To facilitate the study, data for school expenditures, school dropout rates and student achievement variables were obtained from the Georgia Department of Education, while data for social economic variables were collected from the Department of Commerce, Bureau of Census (1990), Atlanta, Georgia. The total sample consisted of 90 school districts randomly selected from the 187 school districts in the state of Georgia. The research findings on the effect of school expenditure variables on student achievement were mixed; but, per person income and community educational attainment level were found to be the best predictors of student achievement. In addition, the study found significant differences in student achievement between: <1) metro and rural grade 10 mathematics test scores; <2> urban and rural grade 10 mathematics test scores; <3> metro and urban grade 3 reading test scores; <4> metro and rural grade 3 reading test scores; and (5) metro and rural grade 6 reading test scores. The researcher recommended further research to examine the effect of school expenditure variables on student achievement in individual schools, other factors not used in this study that might influence student achievement, as well as the effect of school expenditures on student achievement based on specified school programs.
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/cau.td:1991_anyikire_felix_c
- Rights Holder:
- Clark Atlanta University
- Holding Institution:
- Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library
- Rights:
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