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Kristen Hengtgen; Hector Biaggi – Education Trust, 2023
Research shows that when students have access to advanced coursework opportunities, they work harder and are more engaged in school, have fewer absences and suspensions and higher graduation rates. Unfortunately, many Black and Latino students and students from low-income backgrounds lack equitable access to advanced coursework opportunities, such…
Descriptors: Advanced Courses, Access to Education, African American Students, Hispanic American Students
Hoyt, William H.; Jepsen, Christopher; Troske, Kenneth R. – Friedman Foundation for Educational Choice, 2008
The passage of the Kentucky Educational Reform Act (KERA) in 1990 had a dramatic impact on the funding of primary and secondary education in the state. The amount of money spent on education increased significantly with the passage of KERA with districts in rural areas of the state experiencing the largest growth in spending (Hoyt, 1999). This has…
Descriptors: School Choice, Educational Finance, Educational Change, Rural Urban Differences
Roeder, Phillip W. – 2002
An updated study of Kentucky school district performance since the implementation of the Kentucky Education Reform Act of 1990 (KERA) added 4 years of accountability data; compared the performance of various districts; and explored district financial and teaching resources and their impacts on performance. After the initial years of change…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Accountability, Educational Change, Educational Equity (Finance)