The education production function is the application of the economics concept of a production function to the field of education, where the inputs and outputs of production are the students and resources going into a given school (or school district) and the resulting achievements (as measured through standardized test scores or similar means) upon graduation. Economics is the social science that studies the production distribution, and consumption of goods and services. In Economics, a production function is a function that specifies the output of a firm an industry or an entire economy for all combinations of inputs Education encompasses both the Teaching and Learning of Knowledge, proper conduct, and technical competency In Microeconomics, Production is simply the conversion of Inputs into Outputs It is an economic process that uses Resources to create a The word student is etymologically derived through Middle English from the Latin second-type conjugation Verb "studēre" A school (from Greek σχολεῖον - scholeion) is an Institution designed to allow and encourage Students (or "pupils" School districts are a form of Special-purpose district which serves to operate the local public primary and secondary schools A standardized test is a test administered and scored in a consistent manner There is no single specific education production function, as different researchers have considerably different ideas on what the relevant inputs and outputs of the function are. [1]
The original study that prompted interest in the idea of the education production function was the Coleman Report, published in 1966, which concluded that financial inputs to a school system had no effect on the overall educational output of the system. Year 1966 ( MCMLXVI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. [2] The report launched a large number of successive studies which variously confirmed its results or contradicted them by indicating that school expenditures did have an effect on student performance. [1]
References
- ^ a b Orey, Michael (2004). Educational Media and Technology Yearbook: 2004 Edition Volume 29. Littleton: Libraries Unlimited, 165-167. ISBN 1591580684.
- ^ Coleman, J. S. (1966). "Equality of educational opportunity". . US Government Printing Office
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