ERIC Number: EJ1376784
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2022
Pages: 20
Abstractor: ERIC
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ISSN: ISSN-0098-9495
EISSN: EISSN-1944-6470
Facilities Spending and Student Learning Outcomes in New Jersey
Rush, Alyssa; Inoa, Rafael; Ramaswami, Soundaram
Journal of Education Finance, v48 n1 p34-53 Sum 2022
Racial and economic segregation continues throughout the US due to multiple factors (Rothstein, 2017), and inequality in school infrastructure spendings has been related to racial and economic segregation (Sosina & Weathers, 2019). While the obvious solution is to desegregate neighborhoods, society's inability to do this leads to a dire need to ensure equity in the funding of public interests, including spending on school infrastructure. In addition to understanding the relationship between per-pupil spending on school infrastructure and student academic achievement, this study sought to understand if infrastructure spending in the state of New Jersey is equitable across its districts. Socioeconomic status was found to be the strongest predictor of student learning, with no significant relationship observed between spending on maintenance and operations of facilities and student learning. However, there was evidence of equitable state funding, with implications to the states' funding policies. Of special interest may be New Jersey's establishment of School Development Authority (SDA) districts, the use of equalization aid, and the two percent cap on school district spending.
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Educational Facilities, Outcomes of Education, Family Income, Educational Discrimination, Socioeconomic Status, Social Discrimination, Language Arts, Academic Achievement, Predictor Variables, Mathematics Achievement
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: New Jersey
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