Title
Association Between Fiscal Effort Above Required Local Effort and Accreditation in Virginia Schools
Date of Award
Spring 2019
Document Type
Dissertation
Degree Name
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Department
Educational Foundations & Leadership
Program/Concentration
Educational Leadership
Committee Director
William Owings
Committee Member
Steve Myran
Committee Member
Petros Katsioloudis
Abstract
This study expands on previous research regarding the adequacy of educational funding in order to reach a desired academic outcome. Specifically, this study examines Virginia policies of Standards of Quality and Standards of Accreditation to see if local fiscal effort above the minimum required by Virginia has an association to the desired minimum academic outcome of school accreditation.
The research in this study shows that when using a linear regression analysis or an ANCOVA there is no relationship between effort above Required Local Effort (RLE) and the percentage of students attending an accredited school. However, when looking at the non-linear data in this study, there does appear to be a relationship between effort above RLE and the percentage of students attending an accredited school. The t-tests run show a significant difference between the sustained or increased effort above RLE and decreased effort above RLE. Further, localities with sustained or increased effort above RLE had the largest average percentage of students attending accredited schools. The conclusion being that the practical significance of sustained and increasing effort above RLE has a positive relationship to a higher percentage of students attending accredited schools.
DOI
10.25777/1hbn-5h48
ISBN
9781085791212
Recommended Citation
Soderholm, Daniel C..
"Association Between Fiscal Effort Above Required Local Effort and Accreditation in Virginia Schools"
(2019). Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Dissertation, Educational Foundations & Leadership, Old Dominion University, DOI: 10.25777/1hbn-5h48
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