The Adult Education and Family Literacy Act (AEFLA), Title II of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (P.L. 105-220) requires states to document whether or not adult education service providers are improving the quality of their instructional services. To reward effective providers, a number of states have adopted performance-based funding (PBF)…

Although the notions of vertical and horizontal equity are straightforward, constructing valid measures of each has proven difficult in states that make revenue adjustments for multiple factors. In this article we introduce an alternative approach for assessing horizontal and vertical equity that addresses this problem. This approach is based on…

Changes that should be considered in the Indiana public school system involve: (1) longer school year; (2) commitment to student and parent freedom of choice; (3) teachers' salaries; (4) tougher graduation requirements; (5) teacher/administrator workload; (6) functional literacy test; (7) concern for non-public education students and teachers; (8)…