http://theunbrokenwindow.com/2008/08/01/educational-funding-and-performance/ The curious task of economics is to demonstrate to men how little they really know about what they imagine they can design. - F.A. Hayek Mon, 15 Mar 2010 03:22:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://theunbrokenwindow.com/2008/08/01/educational-funding-and-performance/comment-page-1/#comment-9110 sandrar Thu, 10 Sep 2009 22:07:23 +0000 http://theunbrokenwindow.com/2008/08/01/educational-funding-and-performance/#comment-9110 Hi! I was surfing and found your blog post... nice! I love your blog. :) Cheers! Sandra. R. Hi! I was surfing and found your blog post… nice! I love your blog. Cheers! Sandra. R.

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]]> http://theunbrokenwindow.com/2008/08/01/educational-funding-and-performance/comment-page-1/#comment-437 Steve Sailer Sat, 02 Aug 2008 09:08:10 +0000 http://theunbrokenwindow.com/2008/08/01/educational-funding-and-performance/#comment-437 You can get cost of living estimates for all small cities on up from ACCRA. You can get cost of living estimates for all small cities on up from ACCRA.

]]> http://theunbrokenwindow.com/2008/08/01/educational-funding-and-performance/comment-page-1/#comment-436 Steve Sailer Sat, 02 Aug 2008 09:07:26 +0000 http://theunbrokenwindow.com/2008/08/01/educational-funding-and-performance/#comment-436 One thing to keep in mind are cost of living differences, which are substantial between, say, Manhattan and Cooperstown. Manhattan schools have to pay teachers far more than small town schools. One thing to keep in mind are cost of living differences, which are substantial between, say, Manhattan and Cooperstown. Manhattan schools have to pay teachers far more than small town schools.

]]> http://theunbrokenwindow.com/2008/08/01/educational-funding-and-performance/comment-page-1/#comment-433 Arnold Kling Fri, 01 Aug 2008 17:09:30 +0000 http://theunbrokenwindow.com/2008/08/01/educational-funding-and-performance/#comment-433 Michael, The data appear to be highly nonlinear. I suggest you use decile groupings to rescale the data. That is, a school district gets a 10 if it's in the top decile for pass rate, 9, if it's in the next decile, etc. Do the same with the inverse poverty index. Then run the regression and see what happens. Michael,
The data appear to be highly nonlinear. I suggest you use decile groupings to rescale the data. That is, a school district gets a 10 if it’s in the top decile for pass rate, 9, if it’s in the next decile, etc. Do the same with the inverse poverty index. Then run the regression and see what happens.

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