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Performance assessment of secondary schools / M. C. S. Portela in Journal of the operational research society (JORS), Vol. 63 N° 8 (Août 2012) 

Public ISBD [article]  in Journal of the operational research society (JORS) > Vol. 63 N° 8 (Août 2012) . - pp. 1098–1115 Titre : Performance assessment of secondary schools : the snapshot of a country taken by DEA Type de document : texte imprimé Auteurs : M. C. S. Portela, Auteur ; A. S. Camanho, Auteur ; D. Borges, Auteur Année de publication : 2012 Article en page(s) : pp. 1098–1115 Note générale : Operational research Langues : Anglais (eng) Mots-clés : Data  envelopment  analysis  Secondary  schools  Weight  restrictions  Single  weights Index. décimale : 001.424 Résumé : This paper describes a performance assessment of Portuguese secondary schools using data envelopment analysis (DEA). The assessment adopts a perspective where schools are viewed as promoting students achievement given their characteristics in terms of academic abilities and socio-economic background. Our sample comprised all secondary schools in Portugal with both basic and secondary education levels. Two types of DEA analysis are performed: one using an output-oriented model that restricts output (exam scores) weights to be linked to the number of students that have done that exam in the school, and the other using a model that restricts factor weights to be equal for all schools. In this model the weight restrictions are linked to the total number of exams done nationally. The first model is well suited for identifying worst performing schools and to assess schools that may specialize in certain subjects, whereas the latter is best suited for improving discrimination between best performing schools when pursuing the identification of benchmarks, as well as to construct performance rankings. DEWEY : 001.424 ISSN : 0160-5682 En ligne : http://www.palgrave-journals.com/jors/journal/v63/n8/abs/jors2011114a.html [article] Performance assessment of secondary schools : the snapshot of a country taken by DEA [texte imprimé] / M. C. S. Portela, Auteur ; A. S. Camanho, Auteur ; D. Borges, Auteur . - 2012 . - pp. 1098–1115. Operational research Langues : Anglais (eng) in Journal of the operational research society (JORS) > Vol. 63 N° 8 (Août 2012) . - pp. 1098–1115 Mots-clés : Data  envelopment  analysis  Secondary  schools  Weight  restrictions  Single  weights Index. décimale : 001.424 Résumé : This paper describes a performance assessment of Portuguese secondary schools using data envelopment analysis (DEA). The assessment adopts a perspective where schools are viewed as promoting students achievement given their characteristics in terms of academic abilities and socio-economic background. Our sample comprised all secondary schools in Portugal with both basic and secondary education levels. Two types of DEA analysis are performed: one using an output-oriented model that restricts output (exam scores) weights to be linked to the number of students that have done that exam in the school, and the other using a model that restricts factor weights to be equal for all schools. In this model the weight restrictions are linked to the total number of exams done nationally. The first model is well suited for identifying worst performing schools and to assess schools that may specialize in certain subjects, whereas the latter is best suited for improving discrimination between best performing schools when pursuing the identification of benchmarks, as well as to construct performance rankings. DEWEY : 001.424 ISSN : 0160-5682 En ligne : http://www.palgrave-journals.com/jors/journal/v63/n8/abs/jors2011114a.html