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1. School finance reform and private school enrollment: evidence from California

Author

Downes, Thomas A. and Schoeman, David

Subjects
Educational innovations -- Research, School enrollment -- Research, State aid to education -- Research, Academic achievement -- Research, Business, Economics, Government
Abstract

An empirical study was conducted to investigate the heretofore largely unexplored aspect of the effect of state school financing reforms on student achievement. Policymakers have met with varying success in attempts to address significant, persisting disparities in educational opportunities in the nation by imposing different reforms on state school financing. It has been argued by observers that reforms restricting local discretion over per pupil spending might have unforseen and possibly adverse consequences. The study shows that school finance reform exerted a substantial impact on the enrollment shares of private schools in California and reforms in state education finance played a substantial role in the rapid drop in california public school enrollment during the 1970s.

Published
1998

2. School district spending and state aid: why disparities persist

Author

Bradbury, Katharine L.

Subjects
Massachusetts -- Social policy, Rhode Island -- Social policy, School districts -- Finance, State aid to education -- Research, Business, Business, regional, Economics
Abstract

Most decisions about the level of local public school spending are made by local school districts. Their choices are conditioned by local resources and the availability of external funds, mostly from state governments. A major purpose of this substantial state aid is to further the goal of equal educational opportunity by helping to make spending more equal in rich and poor districts. This article investigates the link between school spending disparities and state school aid by using data on school finances and community attributes to model the determinants of per-pupil operating spending by Massachusetts and Rhode Island school districts. These estimated relationships are used to quantify the impact of recent and newly enacted aid programs on educational expenditures in Massachusetts communities, focusing on their likely effect on spending disparities.

Published
1994

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