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来源类型	Working Paper
规范类型	报告
DOI	10.3386/w21515
来源ID	Working Paper 21515
	Investing in Schools: Capital Spending, Facility Conditions, and Student Achievement
	Paco Martorell; Kevin M. Stange; Isaac McFarlin
发表日期	2015-09-07
出版年	2015
语种	英语
摘要	Public investments in repairs, modernization, and construction of schools cost billions. However, little is known about the nature of school facility investments, whether it actually changes the physical condition of public schools, and the subsequent causal impacts on student achievement. We study the achievement effects of nearly 1,400 capital campaigns initiated and financed by local school districts, comparing districts where school capital bonds were either narrowly approved or defeated by district voters. Overall, we find little evidence that school capital campaigns improve student achievement. Our event-study analyses focusing on students that attend targeted schools and therefore exposed to major campus renovations also generate very precise zero estimates of achievement effects. Thus, locally financed school capital campaigns – the predominant method through which facility investments are made – may represent a limited tool for realizing substantial gains in student achievement or closing achievement gaps.
主题	Subnational Fiscal Issues ; Health, Education, and Welfare ; Education
URL	https://www.nber.org/papers/w21515
来源智库	National Bureau of Economic Research (United States)
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资源类型	智库出版物
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/579190
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Paco Martorell,Kevin M. Stange,Isaac McFarlin. Investing in Schools: Capital Spending, Facility Conditions, and Student Achievement. 2015.