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Peer reviewedMonk, David H; Nusser, Janie L.; Roellke, Christopher F. – Education and Urban Society, 1998
Describes the use of cost effectiveness analysis of educational productivity in Phase I and II of the Regents Study of Organizational Change. Twenty school districts were selected for the study based on declining enrollment, high noninstructional expenses, high state aid, and high local tax burdens. (MMU)
Descriptors: Accountability, Cost Effectiveness, Declining Enrollment, Elementary Secondary Education
Trotter, Andrew – Executive Educator, 1993
Although Superintendent Frank Petruzielo arrived with briefcase full of plans to change Houston (Texas) school district, he spent his first year reworking his ideas in consultation with district teachers and administrators. He ignored school budget brokering that had occurred between previous school boards and business establishment, won 32%…
Descriptors: Accountability, Board Administrator Relationship, Bureaucracy, Change Agents
Odden, Allan – Phi Delta Kappan, 2003
Argues that standards-based education reform has shifted the focus of school finance from equity to adequacy. Requires an explicit connection between the funding provided to schools and the results produced in terms of student learning. (Contains 19 references.) (MLF)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Accountability, Court Litigation, Educational Equity (Finance)
