The influence of school size,principal characteristics and school management practices on educational performance: An efficiency analysis of Italian students attending middle schools |
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| Affiliation: | 1. MOX– Modelling and Scientific Computing, Department of Mathematics, Politecnico di Milano, Via Bonardi 9, Milano, Italy;2. Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (KULeuven), Faculty of Business and Economics, Naamsestraat 69, 3000, Leuven, Belgium;3. Maastricht University, Top Institute for Evidence Based Education Research (TIER), Kapoenstraat 2, MD 6200, Maastricht, The Netherlands;4. DIG - Department of Management, Economics and Industrial Engineering, Politecnico di Milano, Via Lambruschini 4/b, Milano, Italy;1. Institute of Management Control and Business Accounting, Technische Universität Braunschweig, Germany;2. Institute of Management Control and Business Accounting, Technische Universität Braunschweig, Germany;3. Aston Business School, Aston University, Birmingham B4 7ET, UK;4. Fox School of Business and Management, Temple University, Philadelphia, USA |
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| Abstract: | The aim of the paper is to identify which among the aspects that relate to the composition of the student body, school (district) size, management practices and the school principals' own characteristics are associated with the performance of Italian students at grade 8, measured through standardised test scores in reading and mathematics. The analysis makes use of a student-level efficiency model, and several school level variables are included as explanators for efficiency scores. The results show that, especially for reading, the most influential variables relate to the composition of the student body, while the students' performance in mathematics is partly correlated with the management practices adopted by the school principal/head teacher. Schools and schooling can only explain a minor part of the variance in achievement scores, however, and the characteristics of the students themselves play the most significant role. |
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| Keywords: | Pupils achievement Schools efficiency Management practices Principal characteristics I21 C14 |
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