| Title |
K-12 Finance and Student Performance Study |
| Mandate |
1998 Supplemental Appropriations Act |
| Abstract |
This mandated study examines various education issues, including how Washington compares with other states on key indicators, revenue allocation and expenditure patterns among districts and schools, teacher qualifications and student-teacher ratios across the state, the relative influence of factors affecting student performance, and the availability of data needed to support education reform and the new accountability system. |
| Author(s) |
Ron Perry, Project Supervisor
Pete Bylsma
Larry Brubaker |
| Keywords |
education, k-12, finance, school, schools, enrollment data, school expenditure accounting, system, superintendent of public instruction, OSPI, performance study, student performance, funding, k-12 funding, funding for education, revenue and expenditure, pattern, student, staff, pattern, spending per student, staff per pupil, special need, special needs, student-teacher ratios, teacher quality, school expenditure data, revenue allocation, teacher education and experience, factors affecting, student performance, student characteristic, staff characteristic, district, school, school-level expenditure, data, enrollment data, education accountability system, revenue allocation, school district, district expenditure, school expenditure, growth, k-12 revenue, sources of revenue, collecting and using, school building data, fiscal data, school building, |