This study was a longitudinal investigation of the audit process as applied to Florida school districts, emphasizing the compliance portion of the process. The primary problem was to determine whether there was any difference in audit compliance rating scores of districts at intervals of five or more years. A secondary problem was to determine whether there was any relationship between actual audit scores and perceptions of superintendents and school board members. / The subjects were 32 districts that had been audited twice as of 1986, superintendents of those districts, and school board members. An ex post facto design was followed in which superintendents and board members were surveyed by questionnaire. The response rate was 90% for superintendents and about 50% for board members. / The investigator reviewed the 64 published audit reports pertaining to the 32 districts that had been audited twice and calculated the percentage of criteria met by each district. Districts scored about six points higher on the second audit. Districts showed general improvement in all subject areas except for management information services. Instructional areas tended to receive higher scores than non-instructional areas. There was no positive correlation between the superintendents' perceptions about the audit process and actual compliance scores received, nor was there a relationship between changes in audit scores and perceptions of respondents. There was moderate correlation between superintendents and board members at the p =.05 level. Both groups rated the process as having "very favorable impact." By ranking districts according to achievement scores, local effort tax support, and student enrollment, it was found that districts in the upper quartile in each of these socioeconomic categories also scored higher on the audits. / The investigator concluded that state efforts to provide equal educational opportunity fall short of providing equal educational climates; that the audit process is beneficial, but needs further revision to offset the administrative burden it imposes. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 49-03, Section: A, page: 0397. / Major Professor: Richard H. Kraft. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1987.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_76229 |
| Contributors | Morris, Robert Parker., Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | 163 p. |
| Rights | On campus use only. |
| Relation | Dissertation Abstracts International |
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