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An Examination of the Effects of Students SES, School Funding, and Teaching Resources on Test Scores Among Ohio High School Students

Antestenis, Gwendolen K.
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1175781770

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2007, MA, Kent State University, College of Arts and Sciences / Department of Sociology and Criminology.
This thesis examines indirect discrimination in Ohio's public schools. Student SES and teaching resources influence student achievement. Federal, state, and local tax revenues purchase institutional resources in America's public school. Disparity in community property tax revenue results in unequal funds for public schools. Using path analysis I examined the direct and indirect effects of student SES and institutional resources on percentage of students passing the proficiency exams. In this thesis I introduced a label, indirect institutional discrimination, in the examination of property wealth based public school funding systems. Federal revenue, in comparison to state and local revenue, has a significant effect on proficiency test scores. Future research should examine subgroups selected by student SES to further explore the differential effects of federal, state, and lcal revenue on teaching resources variable and proficiency test scores.
Timothy Gallagher (Advisor)
80 p.
Education, Sociology of
institutional discrimination; path analysis; public school funding; student achievement

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  • Antestenis, G. K. (2007). An Examination of the Effects of Students SES, School Funding, and Teaching Resources on Test Scores Among Ohio High School Students [Master's thesis, Kent State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1175781770

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Antestenis, Gwendolen. An Examination of the Effects of Students SES, School Funding, and Teaching Resources on Test Scores Among Ohio High School Students. 2007. Kent State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1175781770.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Antestenis, Gwendolen. "An Examination of the Effects of Students SES, School Funding, and Teaching Resources on Test Scores Among Ohio High School Students." Master's thesis, Kent State University, 2007. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1175781770

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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