This study was conducted for the purpose of developing an alternative to the method presently used in the State of Florida for equalizing educational costs among public school districts in the K-12 program. For this purpose, an attempt was made to measure the effect of those factors which contribute to wage differentials for educational personnel among school districts through the use of econometric models. The results obtained from these models were used for constructing indexes reflecting the differences in cost experienced by school districts when purchasing the services of administrators and teachers. / Data for the study were collected primarily from state and local government agencies. This data included: information on salaries of teachers and administrators; personal characteristics of teachers and administrators and their assignments in the educational system; socio-economic characteristics of the population in the districts; environmental and locational factors; and the organization and composition of the school districts. / The sample of teachers and administrators was randomly selected and included approximately ten percent of the certified personnel in each district. The final sample contained 7,644 observations, of which 6,404 were teachers and 1,240 administrators during academic year 1976-77. / The results of this study challenge the view, implicit in the cost equalization method used in Florida, that variations in the cost-of-living in the districts correspond with variations in the cost of procuring equivalent personnel inputs. Furthermore, the results suggest that the present equalization method used in Florida favors large urban districts at the expense of less affluent rural districts. / It is recommended that future research in this area should be conducted using schools as the unit of analysis. This, may provide a more accurate measure of the effect of personal and job characteristics on the salaries paid by school districts. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 42-10, Section: A, page: 4519. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1981.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_74621 |
| Contributors | FRESEN, EDGAR ALBERT., Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | 215 p. |
| Rights | On campus use only. |
| Relation | Dissertation Abstracts International |
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