The California Test Score Data Set

Description

a cross-section from 1998-1999

number of observations : 420

observation : schools

country : United States

Usage

data(Caschool)

Format

A dataframe containing :

distcod

disctric code

county

county

district

district

grspan

grade span of district

enrltot

total enrollment

teachers

number of teachers

calwpct

percent qualifying for CalWorks

mealpct

percent qualifying for reduced-price lunch

computer

number of computers

testscr

average test score (read.scr+math.scr)/2

compstu

computer per student

expnstu

expenditure per student

str

student teacher ratio

avginc

district average income

elpct

percent of English learners

readscr

average reading score

mathscr

average math score

Source

California Department of Education http://www.cde.ca.gov.

References

Stock, James H. and Mark W. Watson (2003) Introduction to Econometrics, Addison-Wesley Educational Publishers, http://wps.aw.com/aw_stockwatsn_economtrcs_1, chapter 4–7.

See Also

Index.Source, Index.Economics, Index.Econometrics, Index.Observations