The Effect of School Resources on Student Achievement

@article{Greenwald1996TheEO,
  title={The Effect of School Resources on Student Achievement},
  author={Rob Greenwald and Larry V Hedges and Richard D. Laine},
  journal={Review of Educational Research},
  year={1996},
  volume={66},
  pages={361 - 396}
}
A universe of education production function studies was assembled in order to utilize meta-analytic methods to assess the direction and magnitude of the relations between a variety of school inputs and student achievement. The 60 primary research studies aggregated data at the level of school districts or smaller units and either controlled for socioeconomic characteristics or were longitudinal in design. The analysis found that a broad range of resources were positively related to student… 
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