Evaluation of the Efficiencies of Public High Schools in Izmir/Turkey Using Deahp Approach

Abstract

This study is carried out to assess the relative efficiency of the Anatolian high schools in İzmir /Turkey and to guide inefficient educational institutions to become efficient. Firstly, efficiency measurement is performed by Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) model. Instead of assigning equal weights to the input and output variables, the analysis is repeated by assigning weights with the aid of the Analytic Hierarchy Process(AHP) model. 3 input and 3 output variables are determined in the study and 47 Anatolian High Schools are analyzed. In İzmir, this study is important since it is the first study to assess the efficiency of Anatolian high schools with Data Envelopment Analytic Hierarchy Process (DEAHP) integrated model.