CONTENTS

Examining a Higher Education Funding Formula in a
Time of Shifting Currents: Kentucky’s Benchmark Approach
ANDREW WALL, ROBERT FROST, RYAN SMITH, and RICHARD KEELING

221

How Increased State Equalization Aid Resulted in Greater Disparities:

An Unexpected Consequence for the Commonwealth of Virginia
LISA G. DRISCOLL and RICHARD G. SALMON

238

Why Do So Few Public School Districts Use Merit Pay?
DAN GOLDHABER, MICHAEL DeARMOND, DANIEL PLAYER, and

HYUNG-JAI CHOI

262

Factors Influencing Educational Opportunity in Ontario
ANNE L. JEFFERSON

290

Federal Direct Expenditures and School Funding Disparities, 1990–2000
KATHERINE E. BAIRD

297

Collaboration in Search of a School Funding Remedy post DeRolph
SANDRA K. McKINLEY and WILLIAM L. PHILLIS

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