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Wellman, Jane V.; Desrochers, Donna M.; Lenihan, Colleen M. – Lumina Foundation for Education, 2008
The work described in this report is part of the national Making Opportunity Affordable (MOA) initiative, and focuses on the presentation of aggregate measures of sector-level trends in revenues and expenditures. This work will be repeated on an annual basis to promote regular use of aggregate measures of spending as part of postsecondary…
Descriptors: Educational Trends, Access to Education, Postsecondary Education, Educational Finance
Council of the Great City Schools, 2007
The Council of the Great City Schools has prepared this seventh edition of "Beating the Odds" to give the nation another look at how inner-city schools are performing on the academic goals and standards set by the states. This analysis examines student achievement in math and reading through spring 2006. It also measures achievement gaps…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, White Students, Academic Achievement, Low Achievement
Casserly, Michael – Council of the Great City Schools, 2006
This report is the nation's sixth look at how its major city school systems are performing on the state assessments devised to boost standards, measure progress, provide opportunity, and ensure accountability for results. Data are presented on 66 city school systems from 38 states and the District of Columbia. The statistics are presented…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Grades (Scholastic), Trend Analysis, Academic Achievement