July 1996

(NCES 96-068) Ordering information

TABLE OF CONTENTS

• Foreword
  Paul D. Planchon
• Acknowledgments
• Introduction and Overview
  William J. Fowler Jr.

1. Resolving the Nation's Data Needs In School Finance
   • Recommendations to the to Improve Its Role Regarding School Finance Data: The Perspective of State Policymakers
     John Augenblick
   • Issues and Data Needs in School Finance
     Susan H. Fuhrman
   • A Call for Multiple Intrastate Studies
     William W. Cooley
2. Issues of Measurement in School Finance
   • Estimating the Costs of an Educational Voucher System
     Henry M. Levin and Cyrus Driver
   • Intrastate Cost Adjustments
     Walter W. McMahon
   • Costs of Measuring and Providing Opportunity to Learn: Preliminary Thoughts
     Allan Odden

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