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A Study of the Impact of Ohio's System of Open Enrollment Funding on School Productivity

Moore, Benjamin Hall
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9560-9139
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ashland1489002125951766

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2016, Doctor of Education, Ashland University, College of Education.
School choice has become increasingly popular as a mechanism to increase student achievement and to induce systematic school improvement. This study analyzed the relative school productivity of sending and receiving interdistrict open enrollment districts in Ohio to determine the impact of Ohio's system of open enrollment funding on school productivity. It was found that receiving districts achieved higher student performance while spending less on per pupil instructional expenditures, resulting in higher productivity factors, than sending districts. Ohio's open enrollment system transfers public funds from the district of residence to the district of enrollment, rewarding the receiving districts, but the potential threat of competition for students has not resulted in systematic improvements or the contraction of less productive schools as theorized by proponents of the market theory's application to school choice. The introduction of the use of school productivity factors as a measure of school effectiveness and the return on investment of public funds has implications for both current practice and future research.
Constance Savage, PhD (Committee Chair)
James Olive, PhD (Committee Member)
Harold Wilson, PhD (Committee Member)
62 p.
Education Finance; Educational Leadership; School Finance
open enrollment; school productivity; school funding

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  • Moore, B. H. (2016). A Study of the Impact of Ohio's System of Open Enrollment Funding on School Productivity [Doctoral dissertation, Ashland University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ashland1489002125951766

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Moore, Benjamin. A Study of the Impact of Ohio's System of Open Enrollment Funding on School Productivity. 2016. Ashland University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ashland1489002125951766.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Moore, Benjamin. "A Study of the Impact of Ohio's System of Open Enrollment Funding on School Productivity." Doctoral dissertation, Ashland University, 2016. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ashland1489002125951766

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