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Peer reviewedColeman, Peter – Journal of Education Finance, 1986
Asserts that achievement and cost measures of school districts' effectiveness are useful but insufficient performance critera. Focusing on British Columbia, Canada, this paper demonstrates a surprising negative relationship between cost and achievement and seeks a third element--school ethos or goodness--as a potential predictor of school…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cost Effectiveness, Educational Environment, Elementary Secondary Education
