Estimating the Cost of an Adequate Education in New York. Working Paper.

Autor/in	Duncombe, William
Institution	Syracuse Univ., NY. Center for Policy Research.
Titel	Estimating the Cost of an Adequate Education in New York. Working Paper.
Quelle	(2002), (151 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
ISSN	1525-3066
Schlagwörter	Academic Achievement; Academic Standards; Cost Estimates; Costs; Educational Finance; Elementary Secondary Education; Expenditure per Student; Poverty; Urban Education; New York + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Schulleistung; Cost; Kosten; Bildungsfonds; Armut; Stadtteilbezogenes Lernen
Abstract	The New York State Board of Regents and the Commissioner of Education have identified a set of performance standards for students that reflect the knowledge and skills needed to function as productive citizens in the 21st century. The New York State Department of Education has developed new Regents Examinations, which all students must pass to graduate from high school, and new examinations in fourth and eighth grades that serve as intermediate checkpoints for assessing progress. This paper develops estimates of the costs of financing the achievement of higher standards. Key tools for estimating the cost of adequacy are education cost functions and cost of education indexes. The cost function approach uses statistical methods to extract from actual data the relationship between student characteristics, cost of living, and spending required to meet performance standards. Overall, greater student needs and higher salaries required to recruit good teachers significantly raise the cost of education in large New York cities. The total spending increase statewide required to reach the recommended standard is $7.2 billion. New York's current system of school aid programs is not well-suited to reaching student performance objectives. Developing an adequacy-based finance system will require a better-designed aid system, a required minimum level of contribution from all districts, and improved use of all resources. (SM)
Anmerkungen	Center for Policy Research, Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse University, 426 Eggers Hall, Syracuse, NY 13244-1020 ($5). Tel: 315-443-3114; Fax: 315-443-1081; e-mail: ctrpol@syr.edu. For full text: http://www.cpr.maxwell.syr.edu.
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC