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 …

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 …

In recent years there has been an exponential growth in the number of publications related
to theory and applications of Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA). Charnes, Cooper, and …

Education is important at national, local and individual levels. Its benefits accrue both to
society and to individuals, and as such provision of education in many countries is paid for at …

Recent policy suggestions from the E uropean Community underlined the importance of
'efficiency'and 'equity'in the provision of education while, at the same time, the European …

Abstract The Strategic Framework for European Cooperation in Education and Training (ET
2020) aimed to promote the exchange of best practices among the Member States. This …

This paper derives efficiency scores for around 8,500 schools in 30 countries, using
Programme for International Student Assessment 2012 data and a nonparametric approach …

In this paper we use data from OECD countries participating in PISA 2012 to assess the
efficiency of schools in a cross-country framework. In the analysis, and in contrast to …

Higher education plays an important role in the political and socio-economic development of
countries. Develo** countries experience many significant challenges when it comes to …

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 …