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Bania, Neil; Stone, Joe A. – Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2008
This paper offers unique rankings of the extent to which fiscal structures of U.S. states contribute to economic growth. The rankings are novel in two key respects: They are well grounded in established growth theory, in which the effect of taxes depends both on the level of taxes and on the composition of expenditures; and they are derived from…
Descriptors: Economic Progress, Social Services, Fiscal Capacity, Economic Factors
South Carolina State Dept. of Education, Columbia. – 1991
Numerous tables summarize quantitative data for the State of South Carolina and each school district in the state that are relevant to public education. Data for the 1989-90 school year are presented along with data beginning with the reference or base year of 1969-70. The state summaries include tabulated statistical data concerning the…
Descriptors: Educational Trends, Elementary Secondary Education, Public Schools, School Districts
Schluter, Gerald; Edmondson, William – Rural Development Perspectives, 1986
Emphasizes agriculture's economic importance and lists the top 10 states according to 4 possible criteria for determining economic dependence on agriculture: number of food and fiber system jobs, number of farmworkers, proportion of food and fiber system jobs, and proportion of farmworkers to total food and fiber system jobs. (JHZ)
Descriptors: Agribusiness, Agricultural Personnel, Agricultural Production, Economic Climate
Council of Chief State School Officers, Washington, DC. – 1990
It is crucial that measures and indicators for important aspects of the educational system be found and collected. As the education system strives to meet commonly identified goals, effective inputs become easier to identify and become more amenable to common collection and use, overcoming the two major impediments to developing national education…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Educational Development, Educational Indicators, Educational Policy
White, Sammis B.; Rue, Richard C. – 1989
An average of 33.5 percent of school district expenditures is spent on classroom teachers' compensation in Wisconsin elementary schools. The range varies from a low of 21.4 percent to a high of 45.9 percent. Financial data were analyzed from the survey responses of 110 of Wisconsin's 431 districts. The reasons for the average proportion spent on…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Educational Finance, Elementary Education, Elementary School Teachers
Smith, Glenn P. – 1990
Drawing on 1988-89 transfer data provided by the California Postsecondary Education Commission, the University of California (UC), and the California State Universities (CSU), this paper provides a comprehensive portrait of the flow and performance of transfer students statewide and of transfers from the San Mateo County Community College District…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, College Transfer Students, Community Colleges
Texas Education Agency, Austin. Div. of Research and Evaluation. – 2002
This report describes the status of public education in Texas, as required by Texas law. It contains an executive summary and 14 chapters on the following topics: (1) state performance on the academic-excellence indicators; (2) a summary compilation of overall student performance on the state performance assessments and a study of the correlation…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, Achievement Gains, Charter Schools