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Emily Rauscher; Greer Mellon; Susanna Loeb; Carolyn Abott – Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University, 2024
Targeted school funding is a potentially valuable policy lever to increase educational equality by race, ethnicity, and income, but it remains unclear how to target funds most effectively. We use a regression discontinuity approach to compare districts that narrowly passed or failed a school funding election. We use close tax elections in 9 states…
Descriptors: School District Spending, Financial Support, School Funds, Outcomes of Education
Chambers, Jay G. – 1978
This report presents both a methodology for educational cost index computation and empirical evidence for determining the extent to which Missouri school district expenditures are beyond the control of local decision-makers. The author demonstrates considerable stability in the teachers' salary index from 1974-75 to 1975-76. The report extends…
Descriptors: Administrators, Cost Indexes, Elementary Secondary Education, Mathematical Models
Snyder, Thomas P.; Galambos, Eva C. – 1988
Costs associated with colleges and universities are addressed in this two-part report. Part one, a 20-page overview, Snyder's "Recent Trends in Higher Education Finance, 1976-77 to 1985-86," reviews rising national trends in tuition, enrollment, degrees, expenditures, and expenditure per student. A wide diversity is noted among…
Descriptors: College Administration, College Faculty, Comparative Analysis, Cost Effectiveness