Assessing the Equality of Senior High School Educational Resources Management in Taiwan

Author: Dian-Fu Chang(Department of Educational Policy and Administration, National Chi Nan University),Chin-Chuan Teng(Central Office of Ministry of Education),Meng-Jie Lin(Department of Educational Policy and Administration, National Chi Nan University)

Vol.&No.：Vol. 55, No. 3
Date：September 2010
Pages：151-176
DOI：10.3966/2073753X2010095503006

Abstract：

The purposes of this article were to explore the assessment indicators for senior high school educational resources management and to discuss the equality issues of those schools in Taiwan. The researchers applied the fuzzy weighting methods to assess the indicators of senior high school educational resources management for better performed, it is including 15 input and 5 output indicators. The Gini coefficients were used to exame the equality of their resource allocations in different senior high schools. The findings in the article are as follows: (1) The fuzzy weighting can be used to build the indicators system for assceesing the senior high school educational resources management, and the system can be used for policy tools to evaluate the resource management; (2) Gini coefficients as indices can be used to inspect the distributive equality, which will provide more clear pictures for the educational authories and school leaders to improve the equality problems in high schools.

Keywords：senior high school, educational resource management, equality of educational opportunity, assessment indicators

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