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Chambers, Jay G.; Brodziak, Iliana; Levin, Jesse; Cruz, Lisa – Strategic School Funding for Results, 2011
This Analysis Brief shows how per-pupil spending varies with student poverty (as measured by the percent of students eligible for free or reduced price lunch) across elementary, middle, and high schools in Pasadena Unified School District (PUSD). The authors have carried out separate analyses that make use of the California Standardized Account…
Descriptors: Expenditure per Student, Educational Finance, Resource Allocation, Strategic Planning
Chambers, Jay G.; Harper, Dorothy T.; Manship, Karen; Rosas, Rigo; Brown, James R. – Strategic School Funding for Results, 2010
As a starting point for the Strategic School Funding for Results (SSFR) project, the AIR/PLP (American Institutes for Research/Pivot Learning Partners) team developed a series of protocols to conduct interviews and focus groups with district administrators and school principals. The purpose of these interviews and focus groups was to gain an…
Descriptors: Budgeting, Focus Groups, Innovation, Research Reports
Chambers, Jay G.; Levin, Jesse; Brodziak, Iliana; Chan, Derek – Strategic School Funding for Results, 2010
As a starting point for their analysis of equity, the authors begin their work here with an examination of the relationship between student performance, as measured by the California Academic Performance Index (API), and student needs, as measured by the percentage of students from low-income families (i.e., the percent of students eligible for…
Descriptors: Student Needs, Academic Achievement, School Districts, Personnel Data
Chambers, Jay G.; Levin, Jesse; Brodziak, Iliana; Chan, Derek – Strategic School Funding for Results, 2010
Using fiscal data provided by the finance office of the school district, and personnel data obtained from the California Basic Education Data System maintained by the California Department of Education (CDE), the authors present analyses to provide a foundation for local policymakers that may be used to assess whether there are inequities in the…
Descriptors: Student Needs, Academic Achievement, School Districts, Personnel Data
Chambers, Jay G. – 1978
This report presents both a methodology for educational cost index computation and empirical evidence for determining the extent to which Missouri school district expenditures are beyond the control of local decision-makers. The author demonstrates considerable stability in the teachers' salary index from 1974-75 to 1975-76. The report extends…
Descriptors: Administrators, Cost Indexes, Elementary Secondary Education, Mathematical Models
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Chambers, Jay G.; Parrish, Thomas B. – 1984
The Resource Cost Model (RCM) is a resource management system that combines the technical advantages of sophisticated computer simulation software with the practical benefits of group decision making to provide detailed information about educational program costs. The first section of this document introduces the conceptual framework underlying…
Descriptors: Budgeting, Computer Simulation, Computer Software, Cost Estimates