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Hunter, Richard C. – School Business Affairs, 2000
The input model of assessing public education must be clearly understood before educators embrace an output assessment model. Most school finance legislation has been inequitable, favoring students in predominantly white school districts. However, the disadvantaged suffer most when implementing state outcomes-based accountability systems.…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Accountability, Educational Equity (Finance), Elementary Secondary Education
King, Richard A.; Mathers, Judith K. – School Business Affairs, 1999
Policy makers are turning away from individual performance pay, favoring school-based rewards that expand curriculum or fund other improvements. Indiana, Kentucky, South Carolina, and Texas have adopted performance-based rewards and sanctions. Policy makers must balance state and local control and align performance indicators with school…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, Accountability, Achievement Tests
