Handbook of research on education finance and policy
By: edited by Helen F. Ladd and Edward B. Fiske
Contributors: Ladd, Helen F; Fiske, Edward B
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 762
ISBN-13: 9780805861440; 9780805861457; 9780203961063
Subjects: Education -- Finance -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
Genres: Handbooks, manuals, etc
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index
Table of contents: title: History and scholarship regarding United States education finance and policy / Matthew G. Springer, Eric A. Houck, and James W. Guthrie; title: The role of economics in education policy research / Dominic J. Brewer ... [et al.]; title: The past, present, and possible futures of educational finance reform litigation / William S. Koski and Jesse Hahnel; title: Education finance from the perspective of politics, political cultures and government / James W. Guthrie and Kenneth Wong; title: Educational goals: a public perspective / Richard Rothstein and Rebecca Jacobsen; title: Quantitative research methods in education finance and policy / Patrick McEwan; title: The evolution of comparative and international education statistics / Stephen P. Heyneman and Chad R. Lykins; title: Toward an understanding of productivity in education / Jennifer King Rice and Amy Ellen Schwartz; title: Teachers matter, but effective teacher quality policies are elusive / Dan Goldhaber; title: School accountability and student achievement / David N. Figlio and  Helen F. Ladd; title: School competition and student outcomes / Brian Gill and Kevin Booker; title: Conceptions of equity and adequacy in school finance / Bruce D. Baker and Preston C. Green; title: Measuring equity and adequacy in school finance / Thomas A. Downes and Leanna Stiefel; title: Measurement of cost differentials / William Duncombe and John Yinger; title: Intergovernmental aid formulas and case studies / Lawrence O. Picus, Margaret Goertz and Allan Odden; title: Education equity in an international context / Edward B. Fiske and Helen F. Ladd; title: The changing federal role in education finance and governance / Nora E. Gordon; title: The role of nongovernmental organizations in financing public schools / Janet S. Hansen; title: Equity, adequacy, and the evolving state role in education finance / Sean P. Corcoran and William N. Evans; title: Local funding of schools: the property tax and its alternatives / Therese J. McGuire and Leslie E. Papke; title: Tax and expenditure limits, school finance, and school quality / Thomas A. Downes and David N. Figlio; title: Issues in educational privatization / Henry M. Levin; title: Autonomous schools: theory, evidence and policy / David Plank and BetsAnn Smith; title: Charter schools / Robert Bifulco and Katrina Bulkley; title: Beyond the rhetoric: surveying the evidence of vouchers and tax credits / Ron Zimmer and Eric Bettinger; title: Home schooling / Clive Belfield; title: Educational management organizations / Gary Miron; title: Patterns and trends in racial/ethnic and socioeconomic academic achievement gaps / Sean F. Reardon and Joseph P. Robinson; title: Early childhood and the achievement gap / Susanna Loeb and Daphna  Bassok; title: Increasing the effectiveness of teachers in low-performing schools / Don Boyd, Hamilton Lankford, and James Wyckoff; title: Educational outcomes of disadvantaged students: from desegregation to accountability / Douglas N. Harris; title: Special education / Jenifer J. Harr, Tom Parrish, and Jay Chambers; title: Resource needs for educating linguistic minority students / Russell W. Rumberger and Patricia Gándara; title: Challenges and strategies associated with rural school settings / John Sipple and Brian Brent; title: The organizational and fiscal implications of transient student populations / Kieran M. Killeen and Kai A. Schafft; title: The financing of public colleges and universities in the United States / Paul E. Lingenfelter; title: Cost and pricing in higher education / William F. Massy; title: The effects of education on labor market outcomes / Jessica Goldberg and Jeffrey Smith; title: The student aid system: an overview / Sandy Baum; title: Bridging the high school-college divide / Thomas Bailey