Efficiency in education: A review of literature and a way forward

KD Witte, L López-Torres - Journal of the operational research …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
This paper provides an extensive overview of the literature on efficiency in education. It
summarizes the earlier applied inputs, outputs and contextual variables, as well as the used …

Policy evaluation and efficiency: A systematic literature review

A Mergoni, K De Witte - International transactions in operational …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
This paper provides a systematic literature review of studies investigating the effect of an
intervention on the efficiency of a decision‐making unit, when efficiency is computed using …

Teachers' ICT-related self-efficacy, job resources, and positive emotions: Their structural relations with autonomous motivation and work engagement

E Moreira-Fontán, M García-Señorán… - Computers & …, 2019 - Elsevier
Different variables related to information and communication technologies (ICT), such as
digital self-efficacy for teaching, perceived institutional support for innovation, ICT positive …

Operational research in education

J Johnes - European journal of operational research, 2015 - Elsevier
Operational Research (OR) techniques have been applied, from the early stages of the
discipline, to a wide variety of issues in education. At the government level, these include …

Does ICT matter for effectiveness and efficiency in mathematics education?

K De Witte, N Rogge - Computers & Education, 2014 - Elsevier
ICT infrastructure investments in educational institutions have been one of the key priorities
of education policy during the last decade. Despite the attention, research on the …

Performance evaluation of compulsory education system in Taiwan: A modified dynamic network data envelopment analysis approach

YC Lin, MM Yu - Studies In Educational Evaluation, 2023 - Elsevier
The purpose of this study is to examine changes in the efficiency of Taiwan's compulsory
education system between 2011 and 2020, identify the priority school sub-system for …

Applications of data envelopment analysis in education

E Thanassoulis, K De Witte, J Johnes, G Johnes… - … envelopment analysis: A …, 2016 - Springer
Non-parametric methods for efficiency evaluation were designed to analyse industries
comprising multi-input multi-output producers and lacking data on market prices. Education …

Long-term efficiency of public service provision in a context of budget restrictions. An application to the education sector

L López-Torres, D Prior - Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, 2022 - Elsevier
This paper proposes an extension of the non-parametric long-term evaluation of efficiency,
the conditional panel data DEA model, which takes into account the panel structure of the …

The influence of management on teacher well-being and the development of sustainable schools

E Pagán-Castaño, J Sánchez-García… - Sustainability, 2021 - mdpi.com
Teaching is one of the professions with the highest levels of stress and disquiet at work,
having a negative impact on teachers' well-being and performance. Thus, well-being is one …

Assessing European primary school performance through a conditional nonparametric model

JM Cordero, D Santín, R Simancas - Journal of the Operational …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
This paper uses a fully nonparametric framework to assess the efficiency of primary schools
using data about schools in 16 European countries participating in PIRLS 2011. This study …