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Equity and Adequacy in Education Finance: Issues and Perspectives
Contributor(s): National Research Council (Author), Commission on Behavioral and Social Scie (Author), Committee on Education Finance (Author)
ISBN: 0309139325     ISBN-13: 9780309139328
Publisher: National Academies Press
OUR PRICE:   $51.30  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: March 1999
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BISAC Categories:
- Education | Finance
- Education | Educational Policy & Reform
- Education | Testing & Measurement
Dewey: 379.110
Physical Information: 0.7" H x 5.9" W x 8.9" (1.15 lbs) 316 pages
 
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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?