This study, using average per-pupil expenditures and ACTâ€¦ Usually extremes of data from a very few high- funding and low- funding states are cited in the media to construct the case that there is no relationship between economic inputs and academic outputs. David Womack, KarenĬost-benefit correlations have been subject to 'selective sampling' in the media. (9â€¦Ī Cost-Benefit Analysis for Per-Student Expenditures and Academic Achievement This paper establishes the need for an adjustment and examines three measures (based on varying poverty definitions) to determine which provides the most equitable funding formula for educating poor children. Wisconsin's guaranteed tax base equalization formula has no direct adjustment for the additional costs of educating poverty level pupils. The conclusion is drawn that removing I & C from the property tax base has little or noâ€¦Īn Examination of Alternative Poverty Measures for the Wisconsin Equalization Aid Formula. The major proposal considered by the author is removal of industrial and commercial property (I & C) from local rolls. Industrial and Commercial Property and the Dispersion of Assessed Valuation per PupilĮxamines the dispersion of assessed valuation per pupil in Illinois and evaluates some proposals that might reduce this dispersion. A State established schedule of local district funding level choices related to tax rates is essential however, tax levels are always a product of theâ€¦ 57.īehind the concept of power equalization is the assumption that at any specified tax rate every school district in a State, regardless of wealth, has the same dollar resource level per pupil.

Equity in School Financing: District Power Equalizing.

Ectopic pupil definition