The effect of technology funding on school-level student proficiency

Brittany Bass

Economics of Education Review, 2021, vol. 84, issue C

Abstract: This study presents new evidence on the effect of technology funding on school-level student proficiency. I exploit exogenous variation in school-level technology funding using the California Education Technology K-12 Voucher Program. The program provided eligible schools with technology vouchers to purchase qualifying hardware and software products and services. Using a regression discontinuity difference-in-difference design and data on voucher eligibility, voucher use, and school-level student proficiency, I find that voucher eligibility had no significant impact on school-level student proficiency, while voucher use had positive impacts on school-level student proficiency. The voucher use results are driven entirely by schools using the voucher funds for technology resources, but reallocating dollars initially earmarked for technology to other school inputs.

Keywords: Technology funding; Resource allocations; Student achievement; School spending (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I20 I22 I28 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1016/j.econedurev.2021.102151

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