Selected Papers in School Finance 1995
Proposed "Good Practices" for Creating Data Bases from the F-33 and CCD for School Finance Analyses

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Table 4. Proposed "best practice" process for selecting appropriate districts for an analysis data base

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File Merge
Merge CCD and F-33 files to replace missing enrollments

Step 1
Winnow out special or non-operating districts based on the F-33 district types

Step 2
Winnow out districts which still have zero or missing enrollments or have zero or missing revenues and expenditures

Step 3
Winnow out districts with VOC, TECH, SPEC, or AGRIC in their names and then hand check the districts to be excluded

Step 4
Winnow out districts with greater than 50 percent of their enrollment classified as special education based on CCD I.E.P. counts

Step 5
Winnow out districts based on CCD district type codes

Step 6
Winnow out districts based on F-33 and CCD district level and grade-span codes

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SOURCE: Pelavin Associates.

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