Analytical Tools in School Finance Reform.

Autor/in	Johns, R. L.
Titel	Analytical Tools in School Finance Reform.
Quelle	(1976), (16 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
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Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Tagungsbericht; Educational Finance; Elementary Secondary Education; Equal Education; Expenditure per Student; Finance Reform; Models; Research Methodology; School District Spending; Statistical Analysis + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Bildungsfonds; Financial reform; Finanzreform; Analogiemodell; Research method; Forschungsmethode; Statistische Analyse
Abstract	This paper discusses the problem of analyzing variations in the educational opportunities provided by different school districts and describes how to assess the impact of school finance alternatives through use of various analytical tools. The author first examines relatively simple analytical methods, including calculation of per-pupil expenditures for different types of pupils and educational programs, calculation of the rank order correlation between school district wealth per puPil and per-pupil expenditure, and calculation of local tax effort compared to equalized property valuation per weighted pupil. Also described are more sophisticated analytical tools, including computation of a school district's fiscal neutrality score, computation of a Lorenz curve relating district wealth and per-pupil expenditure, computation of a coefficient of variation in expenditure per pupil among different school districts, computation of national, state, and local profiles of expenditure per classroom unit, computation of relative tax progressivity, comparison of changes in educational demand relative to changes in household income, and use of computer simulation models for testing alternative school finance proposals. (JG)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2004/1/01