Insights
Number 16, March 2004
In this issue
School Finance Adequacy: The State Role

Introduction

From Equity to Adequacy: The Growing Role of the State in School Finance

Determining the Cost of an Adequate Education

Four Approaches

A Quick and Dirty Look at the Foundation Program for School Finance

Recent Adequacy Studies

What Does All this Mean for Policymakers?

How Do Policymakers Select a Model?

Implementing and Evaluating the Adequacy Model

Web Resources

At a Glance

References

Credits

Southwest Educational Development Laboratory

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Web Resources

Arkansas

The full School Adequacy Report http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/data/education/web.htm

Overview of the Lakeview court case http://www.educationinarkansas.com/lakeview/default.asp

Office of Research, Measurement and Evaluation (ORME) http://orme.uark.edu/ormenew/home/home.html

Louisiana

Summaries of education-related legislation during the 2003 session http://www.doe.state.la.us/lde/finance/FN_control.asp

Tool for viewing and comparing district teacher salary schedules http://www.doe.state.la.us/lde/finance/1447.asp

New Mexico

New Mexico Office of Education Accountability http://education.nmdfa.state.nm.us/

New Mexico Legislative Education Study Committee http://www.nmlegis.gov/lcs/

Oklahoma

Oklahoma State Department of Education http://sde.state.ok.us/home/defaultie.html

Education Oversight Board Office of Accountability http://www.schoolreportcard.org/

Issue papers about legislative topics, including OK school finance http://www.oksenate.gov/publications/issuepapers.htm

Texas Overview of the Texas School Finance Project http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/psf/capitol.htm

Legislative Joint Committee on Public School Finance http://www.senate.state.tx.us/75r/senate/commit/c880/c880.htm

Ed Week Ranks the States Education Week recently released its annual Quality Counts special report, where adequacy and equity of state resources are discussed under a section titled 'State of the States' http://www.edweek.org/sreports/qc04


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