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The Massachusetts Test Score Data Set
Description
a cross-section from 1997-1998
number of observations : 220
observation : schools
country : United States
Usage
data(MCAS)Format
A dataframe containing :
- code
district code (numerical)
- municipa
municipality (name)
- district
district name
- regday
spending per pupil, regular
- specneed
spending per pupil, special needs
- bilingua
spending per pupil, bilingual
- occupday
spending per pupil, occupational
- totday
spending per pupil, total
- spc
students per computer
- speced
special education students
- lnchpct
eligible for free or reduced price lunch
- tchratio
students per teacher
- percap
per capita income
- totsc4
-
4th grade score (
math+english+science) - totsc8
-
8th grade score (
math+english+science) - avgsalary
average teacher salary
- pctel
percent English learners
Source
Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System (MCAS), Massachusetts Department of Education, 1990 U.S. Census.
References
Stock, James H. and Mark W. Watson (2003) Introduction to Econometrics, Addison-Wesley Educational Publishers, chapter 7.
See Also
Index.Source,
Index.Economics,
Index.Econometrics,
Index.Observations