Author: E. Kathleen AdamsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Government aid to education
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
Fiscal Response of School Districts to District Fiscal Capacity and State Aid
Author: E. Kathleen AdamsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Government aid to education
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
Holding Schools Accountable
Author: Helen LaddPublisher: Brookings Institution Press
ISBN: 9780815721215
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 412
Book Description
"Perhaps the most urgent—and complex—task facing American education today is to figure out how to hold schools accountable for improved academic achievement. In this important new work, Helen Ladd and her colleagues describe the options available to policymakers, weigh their respective strengths and pitfalls, and lay out principles for creating schools where learning is the number one objective. This book should be at the top of the reading list for anyone seriously interested in transforming the quality of American schools."—Edward B. Fiske, Former Education Editor, The New York Times A central theme of current efforts to reform elementary and secondary education in the United States is a more explicit focus on the outcomes of the educational system. This volume examines efforts throughout the country to hold schools accountable for the academic performance of their students. Researchers from various disciplines—most notably, economics, educational policy and management, and political science—address a range of questions related to performance- based strategies for reforming education. The authors describe and evaluate programs that recognize and reward the most effective schools, discuss the costs of achieving high performance, summarize what is known about parental choice as an accountability mechanism, and provide new evidence on the relationship between school inputs and educational outcomes. Grounded in the actual experiences of various states and school districts, the book provides a wealth of new information and provocative insights. Contributors argue that programs to hold schools accountable for student performance must be carefully designed to assure that schools are treated fairly; that vouchers, if used, should be directed toward low-income families; that resources do indeed matter—poor school districts may well require additional funding to increase student learning. In addition to the editor, the contributors include Charles T. Clotfelter, David K. Cohen, Richard F. Elmore, Ronald F. Ferguson, Susan H. Fuhrman, Eric A. Hanushek, Caroline Minter Hoxby, Richard J. Murnane, John F. Witte, and John McHenry Yinger.
Fiscal Response and School Finance Simulations
Author: E. Kathleen AdamsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 72
Book Description
Analyses and Comparison of Fiscal Response in Four States
Author: E. Kathleen AdamsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 72
Book Description
The study deals with the interaction of economic incentives in school aid programs with decision-making processes in Colorado, Wisconsin, Kansas and Maryland school districts.
An Analysis of Potential Additional Measures of Fiscal Capacity of South Dakota School Districts
Author: Phillip E. VincentPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 42
Book Description
Resources in Education
Author: Selected Papers in School Finance
Author: Equity and Adequacy in Education Finance
Author: Committee on Education FinancePublisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309520665
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 329
Book Description
Spending on K-12 education across the United States and across local school districts has long been characterized by great disparities--disparities that reflect differences in property wealth and tax rates. For more than a quarter-century, reformers have attempted to reduce these differences through court challenges and legislative action. As part of a broad study of education finance, the committee commissioned eight papers examining the history and consequences of school finance reform undertaken in the name of equity and adequacy. This thought-provoking, timely collection of papers explores such topics as: What do the terms "equity" and "adequacy" in school finance really mean? How are these terms relevant to the politics and litigation of school finance reform? What is the impact of court-ordered school finance reform on spending disparities? How do school districts use money from finance reform? What policy options are available to states facing new challenges from court decisions mandating adequacy in school finance? When measuring adequacy, how do you consider differences in student needs and regional costs?
Monthly Catalog of United States Government Publications
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 974
Book Description
School Finance Reforms and Big-city Fiscal Problems
Author: Phillip E. VincentPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Urban schools
Languages : en
Pages : 38
Book Description