Measuring academic quality in virtual schools – a matter of doing your homework

• In Event: SMT - Use of Web 2.0 Tools for Research, Evaluation and Integration

Short Description

School academic inputs can be measured in a variety of ways, one of which is the amount of homework assigned. However, the research on homework and school quality has not been applied to virtual schooling. We address this by measuring the impacts of homework on school quality. Results show that parents and students rate their previous school lower as homework increases. However, they rate their current virtual school higher as homework increases. Implications are discussed.

Authors

• Dennis Beck, University of Arkansas

• Robert Maranto, University of Arkansas

• Sivan Tuchman, University of Arkansas