<P> An education production function is an application of the economic concept of a production function to the field of education . It relates various inputs affecting a student 's learning ( schools , families , peers , neighborhoods , etc . ) to measured outputs including subsequent labor market success , college attendance , graduation rates , and , most frequently , standardized test scores . The original study that eventually prompted interest in the idea of education production functions was by a sociologist , James S. Coleman . The Coleman Report , published in 1966 , concluded that the marginal effect of various school inputs on student achievement was small compared to the impact of families and friends . Later work , by Eric A. Hanushek , Richard Murnane , and other economists introduced the structure of `` production '' to the consideration of student learning outcomes . Hanushek at al. ( 2008 , 2015 ) reported a very high correlation between `` adjusted growth rate '' and `` adjusted test scores '' . </P>
<P> An education production function is an application of the economic concept of a production function to the field of education . It relates various inputs affecting a student 's learning ( schools , families , peers , neighborhoods , etc . ) to measured outputs including subsequent labor market success , college attendance , graduation rates , and , most frequently , standardized test scores . The original study that eventually prompted interest in the idea of education production functions was by a sociologist , James S. Coleman . The Coleman Report , published in 1966 , concluded that the marginal effect of various school inputs on student achievement was small compared to the impact of families and friends . Later work , by Eric A. Hanushek , Richard Murnane , and other economists introduced the structure of `` production '' to the consideration of student learning outcomes . Hanushek at al. ( 2008 , 2015 ) reported a very high correlation between `` adjusted growth rate '' and `` adjusted test scores '' . </P>
the birth of economics of education was announced by whom
the birth of economics of education was announced by whom
James S. Coleman
James S. Coleman