Table of Contents

Introduction. Helen F. Ladd and Edward B. Fiske Section 1: Perspectives on Education Finance and Policy Section Editors: James W. Guthrie and Michael Kirst 1. History and Scholarship Regarding United States Education Finance and Policy. Matthew G. Springer, Eric A. Houck and James W. Guthrie 2. The Role of Economics in Education Policy Research Dominic J. Brewer, Guilbert C. Hentschke and Eric R. Eide with Ally Kuzin and Michelle Nayfack 3. The Past, Present and Possible Futures of Educational Finance Reform. Litigation William S. Koski and Jesse Hahnel 4. Politics, Political Cultures and Government. James W. Guthrie and Kenneth Wong. 5. Educational Goals: A Public Perspective. Richard Rothstein and Rebecca Jacobsen 6. Quantitative Research Methods in Education Finance and Policy. Patrick McEwan 7. The Evolution of Comparative and International Education Statistics. Stephen P. Heyneman and Chad R. Lykins Section 2: Making Money Matter
Section Editors: Jennifer King Rice and Amy Ellen Schwartz 8. Toward an Understanding of Productivity in Education. Jennifer King Rice and Amy Ellen Schwartz 9. Teachers Matter, But Effective Teacher Quality Policies are Elusive: Hints from Research for Creating a More Productive Teacher Workforce. Dan Goldhaber 10. School Accountability and Student Achievement. David N. Figlio and Helen F. Ladd 11. School Competition and Student Outcomes. Brian Gill and Kevin Booker Section 3: Promoting Equity and Adequacy Section Editor: Leanna Stiefel 12. Conceptions of Equity and Adequacy in School Finance. Bruce D. Baker and Preston C. Green
13. Measuring Equity and Adequacy in School Finance. Thomas A. Downes and Leanna Stiefel 14. Measurement of cost differentials. William Duncombe and John Yinger15. Intergovernmental Aid Formulas and Case Studies. Lawrence O. Picus, Margaret Goertz and Allan Odden 16. Education Equity in an International Context. Edward B. Fiske and Helen F. Ladd Section 4: Changing Patterns of Governance and Finance
Section Editor: Andrew Reschovsky 17. The Changing Federal Role in Education Finance and Governance. Nora E. Gordon 18. The Role of Nongovernmental Organizations in Financing Public Schools. Janet S. Hansen 19. Equity, Adequacy, and the Evolving State Role in Education Finance. Sean P. Corcoran and William N. Evans 20. The Local Funding of Schools: The Property Tax and Its Alternatives. Therese J. McGuire and Leslie E. Papke. 21. Tax and Expenditure Limits, School Finance, and School Quality. Thomas A. Downes and David N. Figlio Section 5: Educational Markets and Decentralization Section Editor: Henry M. Levin 22. Issues in Educational Privatization. Henry M. Levin 23. Autonomous Schools: Theory, Evidence and Policy. David Plank and BetsANN Smith 24. Charter Schools. Robert Bifulco and Katrina Bulkley 25. Beyond the Rhetoric: Surveying the Evidence of Vouchers and Tax Credits. Ron Zimmer and Eric Bettinger. 26. Home Schooling. Clive Belfield. 27. Educational Management Organizations. Gary Miron. Section 6: Race, SES and Achievement Gaps Section Editor: Susanna Loeb 28. Patterns and Trends in Racial/Ethnic and Socioeconomic Academic Achievement Gaps. Sean F. Reardon and Joseph P. Robinson 29. Early Childhood & the Achievement Gap. Susanna Loeb and Daphna Bassok 30. Closing the Student Achievement Gap by Increasing the Effectiveness of Teachers in Low-Performing Schools: What are Promising Policies? Don Boyd, Hamilton Lankford and James Wyckoff 31. Educational Outcomes of Disadvantaged Students: From Desegregation to Accountability. Douglas N. Harris Section 7: Special Circumstances Section Editor: David Monk 32. Special Education. Jenifer J. Harr, Tom Parrish and Jay Chambers. 33. Resource Needs for Educating Linguistic Minority Students. Russell W. Rumberger and Patricia Gándara. 34. Challenges and Opportunities Associated with Rural School Settings. John Sipple and Brian Brent 35. The Organizational and Fiscal Implications of Transient Student Psopulations. Kieran M. Killeen and Kai A. Schafft Section 8: Higher Education
Section Editors: David Breneman and Michael McPherson 36. The Financing of Public Colleges and Universities in the United States. Paul E. Lingenfelter 37. Cost and Pricing in Higher Education. William F. Massy 38. The Effects of Education on Labor Market Outcomes. Jessica Goldberg and Jeffrey Smith 39. The Student Aid System: An Overview. Sandy Baum 40. Bridging the High School-College Divide. Thomas Bailey