Volume 22, No. 3
Winter 1997
CONTENTS
SPECIAL ISSUE: COLLECTION OF SCHOOL-LEVEL FINANCE DATA
ARTICLES
Introduction to the Special Issue – Improving Educational Policy and Results
with School-Level Data: A Synthesis of Multiple Perspectives
CAROLYN BUSCH, Associate Researcher at the Consortium for
Policy Research in Education, University of Wisconsin, Madison, and
ALLAN ODDEN, Professor and Co-director of the Consortium for Policy
Research in Education, University of Wisconsin, Madison 225
The Coming of Age of School-Level Finance Data
ROBERT BERNE, Dean, Robert F. Wagner Graduate School, New York University,
LEANNA STIEFEL, Professor of Economics and Director of the Public and
Nonprofit Program, Robert F. Wagner Graduate School, New York University and
MICHELE MOSER, Assistant Professor of Public Administration at George
Washington University, Washington, DC 246
Issues in School-Level Analysis of Education Expenditure Data
MATTHEW C. COHEN, Director of Policy Research and Analysis at the
Ohio Department of Education, Columbus, OH 255
Collection of Fiscal and Staffing Data at the School-Site Level
GARY FARLAND, Team Leader for Financial Management, Transportation
and Accountability at the Minnesota Department of Education, St. Paul, MN 280
The Challenges of Collecting School-Based Data
MARGARET E. GOERTZ, Co-Director of the Consortium for
Policy Research in Education at the Graduate School of Education,
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia 291
Challenges Surrounding the Collection and Use of Data for the Study
of Finance and Productivity
DAVID H. MONK, Professor and Chair of the Department of Education
at Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 303
Using School-Level Finance Data: Endless Opportunity or Bottomless Pit?
LAWRENCE O. PICUS, Associate Professor and Director,
Center for Research in Education Finance at the University of Southern
California, Los Angeles 317
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