Level of performance and low-wealth school districts: A case study of North Carolina

Research in Education, May 1998 by Jones, Enid B, Lawrence, William W

Furthermore, it is recognised that several other factors within the community, in the decision-making process, in the way funds are expended, in cost differentials between regions, in the quality and level of parental involvement in the schools, the quality of educational services offered prior to increased or the initiation of low-wealth supplemental funding, and the region in which the districts are located, ought to be examined in the seventeen high-performance districts to identify characteristics that correlate positively with high performance and see whether they can be replicated in all districts. Further studies then will include analysis of variables mentioned by the different theorists in the literature examined above to determine the effect of these variables among themselves on student achievement, and further research involving this method of analysis is recommended for all low-wealth districts in the state.

Note

This article is the beginning of a long-term study of the relationship between level of student performance and the wealth of the district in North Carolina.

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Enid B. Jones Fayetteville State University William W. Lawrence Fayetteville State University