TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Cobb-Clark, Deborah A.
AU  - Jha, Nikhil
        TI  - Educational Achievement and the Allocation of School Resources
        PY  - 2013/Aug/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 7551
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/publications/dp7551
        AB  - The school resources – educational outcomes debate has focused almost exclusively on spending levels. We extend this by analysing the relationship between student achievement and schools' budget allocation decisions using panel data. Per-pupil expenditure has only a modest relationship with improvement in students' standardised test scores. However, budget allocation across spending categories matters for student achievement, particularly in grade 7. Ancillary teaching staff seems especially important in primary- and middle-school years. Spending on school leadership – primarily principals – is also linked to faster growth in literacy levels in these grades. On the whole, schools' spending patterns are broadly efficient.
        KW  - educational achievement
KW  - test scores
KW  - school resource allocation
        ER  -