Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ478721
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1993
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ISSN: ISSN-0013-189X
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Does Spending Money on Education Help? A Reaction to the Heritage Foundation and the "Wall Street Journal."
Wainer, Howard
Educational Researcher, v22 n9 p22-24 Dec 1993
Inferences that spending money (high average per pupil expenditure) does not improve education are questioned because of obvious differences in cost of living; in-state differences; differences in costs and demographic differences; and comparing average measures with measures from a nonrandom sample (Scholastic Aptitude Test scores). (SLD)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains, Comparative Analysis, Cost Effectiveness, Demography, Educational Finance, Educational Improvement, Elementary Secondary Education, Expenditure per Student, Outcomes of Education, School District Spending, State Aid, State Programs, Student Costs, Test Results
Publication Type: Opinion Papers; Reports - Evaluative; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: National Assessment of Educational Progress; SAT (College Admission Test)
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