School District Consolidation, Size and Spending: an Evaluation
Contents
- Executive Summary
- Introduction
- District Consolidation: A Brief History and Research Review
- Empirical Data and Strategy
- District Size and Per-Pupil Spending
- Fixed (Categorical) Federal Spending
- Fixed (Categorical) State Spending
- Percentage of Special Education Students
- Racial Composition
- Potential Effects of Varying Public Demand for Education
- Public School Enrollment as a Share of Population
- District Officials’ Potential Spending Incentives
- District Labor Costs
- Period Effects
- Need We Control for Student Achievement?
- Insignificant Variables
- The Model
- Empirical Results and Analysis
- Conclusion
- Appendix A: Detailed Regression Results
- Appendix B: Postestimation Diagnostics
- Appendix C: Michigan School District Head Counts
- Endnotes
