Neither of us have ever taught or worked in a K–12 school or school district. Therefore, one
might reasonably ask, why should anyone want to read our book on how best to reform …

This paper provides a guide to statistically based methods for estimating the extra costs of
educating disadvantaged students, shows how these methods are related, and compares …

The evaluation of education cost differentials across school districts has been an important
topic in education fi nance research for decades (Fowler and Monk, 2001). Interest in this …

In response to the rapid rise in court cases related to the adequacy of school funding, a
variety of alternative methods have been developed to provide an analytical base about the …

This chapter provides an overview of recent literature on conceptions of educational equity
and adequacy applied to state school fi nance policy in the United States. Equity …

All fi fty state constitutions mandate a statewide system of public education, charging state
governments with providing a “thorough and effi cient system of free public schools”(or …

In 1971 the California Supreme Court ushered in a new era in education finance by ruling, in
Serrano v. Priest, that California's system for financing elementary and secondary education …

This article proposes a general conception of educational a lengthy history of economic
theory and emerging empirical conception. I review empirical methods for measuring ed …

Although the notions of vertical and horizontal equity are straightforward, constructing valid
measures of each has proven difficult in states that make revenue adjustments for multiple …

The federal No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) imposes new requirements on state education
systems and provides additional education funding. This article estimates education cost …