Fact Sheets
This section of the Access website provides Fact Sheets
on the many state-level studies calculating various
costs of education. Each fact sheet includes a summary
of the major findings and methodologies of the study,
a link to the study, and other key information. We divide
cost studies into three general areas:
"Adequacy" Studies
| No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Studies
| NCLB Administrative Studies |
NCLB Preliminary Admin Studies
Adequacy Studies:
These studies attempt to determine the cost of providing
all students with a specific "adequate" level
of education. The definitions of "adequacy"
in these studies vary. In many recent studies, the "100
percent proficiency" requirement of the No Child
Left Behind Act is used.
Go to:
Alabama
Alaska
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Colorado
Connecticut
Hawaii
Illinois
Indiana
Kansas
Kentucky
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York
North Dakota
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
Vermont
Washington
Wisconsin
Wyoming
A labama
2001: AL Dept. of Education study (not released) | Background
| Related
News
Alaska
2003: Alaska
School District Cost Study , AIR
Arizona
2005: Lead
With Five: Five Investments to Improve Arizona Public
Education , P&A
2005: Arizona
English Language Learner Cost Study , National
Center on Edu. Finance
Arkansas
2006: Recalibrating
the Arkansas School Funding Structure ,
P&A
2003: An
Evidence-Based Approach to School Finance Adequacy... ,
P&A
California
2007: Aligning
School Finance with Academic Standards , PPIC
2007: Efficiency
and Adequacy in California School Finance... ,
AIR
Colorado
2006: Estimating
Colorado School District Costs... , APA
2003: No fact sheet available. "Calculation
of the Cost of an Adequate Education... "
A&M
Connecticut
2005: Estimating
the Cost of an Adequate Education in Connecticut ,
APA
Hawaii
2005: State
of Hawaii Adequacy Funding Study , Thornton
Illinois
2001: ...Calculating
a Base Cost Figure and an Adjustment for At-Risk Pupils... ,
A&M
Indiana
2002:
Calculation
of the Cost of an Adequate Education in Indiana... ,
A&M
Kansas
2006: Elementary
and Secondary Education... , KS Legislative
Div. of Post Audit
2005: Estimating
the Costs of Meeting Performance... , Duncombe
& Yinger
2002: Calculation
of the Cost of a Suitable Education... , A&M
Kentucky
2003: A
Professional Judgment Approach to School Finance Adequacy... ,
P&A
2003: A
‘State of the Art’ Approach to School Finance
Adequacy... , P&A
2003: Calculation
of the Cost of an Adequate Education... , Verstegen
& Assoc.
Maine
1999: Essential
Programs and Services: Equity and Adequacy... ,
Maine EPRI
Maryland
2001: Calculation
of the Cost of an Adequate Education... , A&M
2001: No fact sheet available. "A
Professional.. ." (PDF), MAP | Background
| News
Massachusetts
1991: Every
Child a Winner , MA Business Alliance
Mississippi
1993: School
Finance in Mississippi : A Proposal for an Alternate
System , AVM
Minnesota
2006: Estimating
the Cost of an Adequate Education in Minnesota ,
APA
Missouri
2003: ...Implementing
the Result of the School Finance Adequacy Study... ,
A&S
Montana
2007: Estimating
the Cost of an Adequate Education , APA
2005: ...Providing
an Adequate Education in the State of Montana ,
Wood & Assoc.
2002: Calculation
of the Cost of a Suitable Education... , A&M
Nebraska
2003: Calculation
of the Cost of a Suitable Education... , A&M
Nevada
2006: Estimating
the Cost of an Adequate Education in Nevada ,
APA
New Hampshire
2000: An
Exploration of Educational and Demographic Conditions... ,
MAP
1998: ...Determining
a Base Figure and Pupil-Weighted Adjustments... ,
A&M
New Jersey
2003: Not released, APA | Related
News (Outside Link)
1996: No fact sheet available. "Comprehensive
Plan... ," NJ DOE | Background
New Mexico
2008: An
Independent Comprehensive Study of the New Mexico Public... ,
AIR
New York
Findings common to all New
York cost studies
2004: New
York Adequacy Study: Providing all children... ,
AIR & MAP
2004: Resource
Adequacy Study for the [NY] Commission on Education
Reform , S&P
2004: Estimating
the Additional Cost of Providing an Adequate Education ,
NY Ed. Dept.
North Dakota
2003: Calculation
of the Cost... & An Estimation of the Total Cost... ,
APA
Ohio
1997: ...Base
Figure and Pupil-Weighted Adjustments... , A&M
1993: Determining
a Base Student Cost Figure... , AVA
Oklahoma
2004-2005: Not released , APA
Oregon
2000: Oregon
Quality Education Model-2000 , Oregon QEC
Pennsylvania
2007: Costing
Out the Resources Needed to Meet Pennsylvania’s
Public... , APA
Rhode Island
2007: State
of Rhode Island Education Adequacy Study , Wood
& Assoc.
South Carolina
2000: Determining
an Adequate Per Pupil Funding Level... , A&M
South Dakota
2006: Estimating
the Cost of an Adequate Education in South Dakota ,
APA
Tennessee
2003: Calculation
of the Cost of An Adequate Education , APA
1992: Basic
Education Program , TN Board of Education
Texas
2004: ...Meeting
the TX Educational Accountability Standards ,
Imazeki & Reschovsky
2004: No fact sheet available. "School
Outcomes..." (PDF), Taylor et al | Related
News
Vermont
2004: Vermont
Education Finance Study , National Conference
of State Legislatures
Washington
2007: Washington
Adequacy Funding Study , EPIC at CEPR
2006 : Washington
Learns: Successful District Study , P&A
2006: An
Evidence-Based Approach to School Finance... P&A
2003: What
Will it Take? Defining a Quality Education ...,
several organizations
Wisconsin
2007: Moving
From Good to Great in Wisconsin... , Odden and
Picus
2002: Funding
Our Future... , Institute for WI's Future
Wyoming
2005: ...Recalibrating
Wyoming’s Block Grant School Funding Formula ,
P&A
1997-2002: A
Proposed Cost-Based Block Grant Model... &
Proposed Revisions... , MAP
NCLB Studies: These
studies are specifically meant to determine the cost
of NCLB's "100 percent proficiency" mandate.
Very few of these studies have been done.
Ohio
2003: Projected
Costs of Implementing [NCLB]... , Driscoll &
Fleeter
Texas
2004:
Does
[NCLB] Place a Fiscal Burden on States? , Imazeki
& Reschovsky
NCLB Admin Studies:
These studies are much more limited in scope, and
are intended only to determine the adminstrative cost
of implementing the testing requirements and supplemental
education services mandated by NCLB.
Go to:
National
Connecticut
Hawaii
Minnesota
National
2005: Characteristics
of Tests Will Influence Expenses... , GAO
Connecticut
2005: Cost
of Implementing the Federal [NCLB] Act... , CT
State Dept. of Ed.
Hawaii
2004: Estimating
the New, Marginal Costs of No Child Left Behind in Hawaii ,
APA
Minnesota
2004: Evaluation
Report: No Child Left Behind , Office of the
Legislative Auditor (MN)
NCLB Preliminary
Admin Studies: NCLB was signed into law in January
2002. The following states issued preliminary reports
between 2002 and 2004. The range of analysis of the
fiscal impact of NCLB in these reports is narrow, that
is, it deals only administrative costs, and numbers
are speculative.
Go to:
New Hampshire
Vermont
West Virginia
New Hampshire
2003:Financial
Impact of the No Child Left Behind Act on the State
of New Hampshire & Review of the Cost Analysis of
the New Hampshire School Administrators Association ,
Accountability Works
2003:
Updated
Analysis of Cost Impact of ESEA – No Child Left
Behind Act on New Hampshire , NHSAA
Vermont
2002:
Vermont
Society for the Study of Education: Policy Discussion
Paper - The Federal “No Child Left Behind”
Law: Should Vermont Take the Money?
William Mathis
West Virginia
2003:
A
Working Document on Federal Funding of State Programs
for Implementing No Child Left Behind in West Virginia
Schools , Division of Administrative Services
AIR : American Institutes for Research
A&M : Augenblick & Myers, Inc.
APA : Augenblick, Palaich and Associates,
Inc.
A&S : Augenblick & Silverstein
AVA : Augenblick, Van de Waters &
Myers
MAP :Management Analysis and Planning,
Inc
P&A: Picus and Associates