The influence of school size, principal characteristics and school management practices on educational performance: An efficiency analysis of Italian students attending middle schools KU Leuven
© 2016 Elsevier Ltd The aim of the paper is to identify which among the aspects that relate to the composition of the student body, school (district) size, management practices and the school principals’ own characteristics are associated with the performance of Italian students at grade 8, measured through standardised test scores in reading and mathematics. The analysis makes use of a student-level efficiency model, and several school level ...