Did Pennsylvania’s Statewide School Finance Reform Increase Education Spending or Provide Tax Relief?

2016 ◽  
Vol 69 (3) ◽  
pp. 545-582 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthew P. Steinberg ◽  
Rand Quinn ◽  
Daniel Kreisman ◽  
J. Cameron Anglum
Keyword(s):  
School Finance ◽  
Education Spending ◽  
Finance Reform ◽  
School Finance Reform ◽  
Tax Relief

SCHOOL FINANCE REFORM: AID FORMULAS AND EQUITY OBJECTIVES

1998 ◽  
Vol 51 (2) ◽  
pp. 239-262 ◽  
Author(s):  
WILLIAM DUNCOMBE ◽  
JOHN YINGER
Keyword(s):  
School Finance ◽  
Finance Reform ◽  
School Finance Reform

School Finance Reform and Rural Property Taxes

1983 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 37
Author(s):  
Marvin B. Johnson ◽  
Teri L. Perkins
Keyword(s):  
School Finance ◽  
Property Taxes ◽  
Finance Reform ◽  
School Finance Reform

scholarly journals School Finance Reform and the Distribution of Student Achievement

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-26 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julien Lafortune ◽  
Jesse Rothstein ◽  
Diane Whitmore Schanzenbach
Keyword(s):  
School Districts ◽  
Low Income ◽  
School Finance ◽  
Educational Achievement ◽  
School Resources ◽  
Finance Reform ◽  
National Assessment ◽  
School Finance Reform ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Representative Samples

We study the impact of post-1990 school finance reforms, during the so-called “adequacy” era, on absolute and relative spending and achievement in low-income school districts. Using an event study research design that exploits the apparent randomness of reform timing, we show that reforms lead to sharp, immediate, and sustained increases in spending in low-income school districts. Using representative samples from the National Assessment of Educational Progress, we find that reforms cause increases in the achievement of students in these districts, phasing in gradually over the years following the reform. The implied effect of school resources on educational achievement is large. (JEL H75, I21, I22, I24, I28)

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