MCAS {StockWatson}R Documentation

The Massashusets test score data set

Description

a cross-section from 2000

number of observations : 220

country : United States

Usage

data(MCAS)

Format

A dataframe containing :

code
district code (numerical)
municipa
municipality (name)
district
district name
regday
spending per pupil, regular
specneed
spending per pupil, special needs
bilingua
spending per pupil, bilingual
occupday
spending per pupil, occupational
totday
spending per pupil, total
spc
students per computer
speced
special education students
lnchpct
eligible for free or reduced price lunch
tchratio
students per teacher
percap
per capita income
totsc4
4th grade score (math+english+science)
totsc8
8th grade score (math+english+science)
avgsalary
average teacher salary
pctel
percent english learnersh

Source

Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System (MCAS), Massachusets Department of Education, 1990 U.S. Census.

References

Stock, James H. and Mark W. Watson (2003) Introduction to Econometrics, Addison-Wesley Educational Publishers.


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