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Murray, Vicki. "Competition or Consolidation? A Case Study of Arizona’s School District Consolidation Debate" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Southwestern Political Science Association, New Orleans, LA, Fairmont Hotel, Mar 23, 2005 <Not Available>. 2009-05-25 <http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p88989_index.html>

Murray, V. , 2005-03-23 "Competition or Consolidation? A Case Study of Arizona’s School District Consolidation Debate" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Southwestern Political Science Association, New Orleans, LA, Fairmont Hotel Online <.PDF>. 2009-05-25 from http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p88989_index.html

Publication Type: Conference Paper/Unpublished Manuscript Review Method: Peer Reviewed Abstract: A growing body of research now shows that competition, not consolidation, improves school efficiency. By fully exercising Arizona’s existing open enrollment law, school efficiency could rise by 10 percent, achievement could be roughly three to six percentile points higher, and spending could be almost eight percent lower. Expanding Arizona’s charter schools could improve test scores of charter students and students attending nearby traditional public schools by one to three percentile points, while yielding a per-pupil savings of $1,531, over 90 times greater than consolidation’s best-case-scenario savings of $17.34 per-pupil. Like policymakers in Arizona, policymakers in dozens of other states are weighing the potential savings from projected administrative efficiencies against the potential pitfalls of consolidation. What is the potential fiscal impact of statewide school district consolidation? What other educational quality issues might be affected? This paper examines those questions.

Economies of Size in Florida: School District Size and Student Achievement

The Effects of Funding Education through Fixed Per-Pupil Funding Formulas: Evidence of Resource Inequality between Large and Small Schools