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Sponsored By The Association For Education Finance And Policy (aefp), The Second Edition Of This Groundbreaking Handbook Assembles In One Place The Existing Research-based Knowledge In Education Finance And Policy, With Particular Attention To Elementary And Secondary Education. Chapters From The First Edition Have Been Fully Updated And Revised To Reflect Current Developments, New Policies, And Recent Research. With New Chapters On Teacher Evaluation, Alternatives To Traditional Public Schooling, And Cost-benefit Analysis, This Volume Provides A Readily Available Current Resource For Anyone Involved In Education Finance And Policy. The Handbook Of Research In Education Finance And Policy Traces The Evolution Of The Field From Its Initial Focus On School Inputs And Revenue Sources Used To Finance These Inputs, To A Focus On Educational Outcomes And The Larger Policies Used To Achieve Them. Chapters Show How The Current Decision-making Context In School Finance Inevitably Interacts With Those Of Governance, Accountability, Privatization, And Other Areas Of Education Policy. Because A Full Understanding Of Important Contemporary Issues Requires Inputs From A Variety Of Perspectives, The Handbook Draws On Contributors From A Number Of Disciplines. Although Many Of The Chapters Cover Complex, State-of-the-art Empirical Research, The Authors Explain Key Concepts In Language That Non-specialists Can Understand. This Comprehensive, Balanced, And Accessible Resource Provides A Wealth Of Factual Information, Data, And Wisdom To Help Educators Improve The Quality Of Education In The United States-- Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Section I Perspectives On Education Finance And Policy; Chapter 1 History And Scholarship Regarding U.s. Education Finance And Policy; Chapter 2 The Role Of Economics In Education Policy Research; Chapter 3 The Past, Present, And Possible Futures Of Educational Finance Reform Litigation; Chapter 4 The Continually Evolving Political Context Of Education Finance; Chapter 5 Educational Goals: A Public Perspective; Chapter 6 Quantitative Research Methods In Education Finance And Policy Chapter 7 International Large-scale Assessments: Uses And Implicationssection Ii Making Money Matter; Chapter 8 Toward An Understanding Of Productivity In Education; Chapter 9 Cost-benefit Analysis And Cost-effectiveness Analysis; Chapter 10 Teachers Clearly Matter, But Finding Effective Teacher Policies Has Proven Challenging; Chapter 11 Teacher Evaluation For Accountability And Development; Chapter 12 School Accountability And Student Achievement; Chapter 13 School Competition And Student Outcomes; Section Iii Promoting Equity And Adequacy Chapter 14 Conceptions Of Equity And Adequacy In School Financechapter 15 Measuring Equity And Adequacy In School Finance; Chapter 16 Measurement Of Cost Differentials; Chapter 17 Intergovernmental Aid Formulas And Case Studies; Chapter 18 Education Equity In An International Context; Section Iv Changing Patterns Of Governance And Finance; Chapter 19 The Changing Federal Role In Education Finance And Governance; Chapter 20 The Role Of Nongovernmental Organizations In Financing Public Schools; Chapter 21 Equity, Adequacy, And The Evolving State Role In Education Finance Chapter 22 Local Funding Of Schools: The Property Tax And Its Alternativeschapter 23 Tax And Expenditure Limits, School Finance, And School Quality; Section V Educational Markets And Decentralization; Chapter 24 Issues In Educational Privatization; Chapter 25 Charter Schools; Chapter 26 Beyond The Rhetoric: Surveying The Evidence On Vouchers And Tax Credits; Chapter 27 Emerging Alternatives To Neighborhood-based Public Schooling; Section Vi Race, Ses, And Achievement Gaps; Chapter 28 Patterns And Trends In Racial/ethnic And Socioeconomic Academic Achievement Gaps Chapter 29 Early Childhood And The Achievement Gapchapter 30 Increasing The Effectiveness Of Teachers In Low-performing Schools; Chapter 31 Effects Of Educational Policies On Disadvantaged Students: From Desegregation To Accountability; Section Vii Special Circumstances; Chapter 32 Special Education; Chapter 33 Resource Needs For Educating Linguistic Minority Students; Chapter 34 Challenges And Strategies Associated With Rural School Settings; Chapter 35 The Organizational And Fiscal Implications Of Transient Student Populations; Chapter 36 Bridging The High School-college Divide Contributors Edited By Helen F. Ladd And Margaret E. Goertz. Description Based Upon Print Version Of Record. Includes Bibliographical References At The End Of Each Chapters And Index. English