The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between the per-pupil expenditure of 36.5 million dollars of Compensatory Education funds provided Florida public schools through state legislation and the rate of failures of 1977-78 eleventh graders on the State Assessment, Part II, Test. Specifically, the correlation between per-pupil expenditure in each district for one or two years of remedial education prior to retaking the examination for 1979 graduation and the rate of failures was examined through the use of the Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficient. In the data collected from sixty-seven Florida school districts as reported to the Department of Education (DOE), no significant relationship was found at the .05 level of probability between per-pupil expenditure of State Compensatory Education funds and the rate of failure on the SSAT II, Test. However, the statewide mean failure rate was reduced from 38.54 percent to 4.6 percent during the two year remediation period, 1977-78 to 1978-79, in which these funds were expended. A two-tailed T-test showed no significant difference at the .05 level after remediation in the performance on the Test of males and females. / This study focused only on the financial aspect of strong school leadership, and use of a variety of instructional approaches and materials reported to the Department of Education as indicators of successful programs. Recommendations for further research include longitudinal studies beginning with third grade students who would continue to take state assessment tests at the fifth, eighth, and eleventh grade levels. Other studies recommended would investigate variables other than cost-effectiveness in compensatory education, particularly at the secondary level. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 41-10, Section: A, page: 4229. / Thesis (Educat.D.)--The Florida State University, 1980.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_74306 |
| Contributors | FINDLEY, MARY DIAMOND., Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | 189 p. |
| Rights | On campus use only. |
| Relation | Dissertation Abstracts International |
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