Abstract
Evaluating the performance of an educational system is an important but difficult to accomplish task. Despite the difficulties involved, school performance evaluate can be used to set performance targets, to make resource allocation decisions, and to improve overall school efficiency. It is important to know whether schools are actually utilizing their resources in the most efficient way to produce the observed rankings. In addition, it is also important to provide guidelines on how schools can improve further. This study combined both the non-parametric methodology of data envelopment analysis (DEA) and Third International Mathematics and Science Study-Repeat (TIMSS-R) to evaluate the junior high schools in Taiwan. Empirical findings based on an approach to estimate efficiency environmental effects suggest that no efficiency differences exist between schools operating in northern area compared to those operating in southern area.
| Keywords: | junior high school; operational efficiency |
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