An adapted version of the Bidwell-Kasarda model on school district organizational effectiveness was used to examine all 66 school districts in Louisiana in 1974-75. In an effort to remedy some of the problems in the Bidwell-Kasarda model, student retention rate was substituted for student achievement as the measure of district effectiveness, some…

In an effort to nearly replicate Bidwell and Kasarda (1975) and to analyze the efficacy of an adapted version of their model to predict high school retention, all 66 school districts in Louisiana were surveyed to determine how many freshman students in 1971-72 graduated in 1974-75 and why. An alternative model was devised which differed from the…

The 1965 status of secondary education in 11 southern states is analyzed in terms of school size, personnel, professional qualifications, and working conditions. Financial data relate per pupil expenditures in both rural and urban schools in each state. Information is provided concerning curriculum trends, innovations, and progressive school…