Working Paper:

Collection of Private School Finance Data: Development of a questionnaire

July 1997

(NCES 97-22) Ordering information

Contents

Executive Summary

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Background

• Estimates of Expenditures Based on Data Collected by Private School Associations
• Strategies for Collecting Finance Data from Private Schools
• Issues of Survey Administration
• Goals and Scope of the Survey
• Sample Size
• Mailed-Questionnaire
• Linkages to Schools and Staffing Survey
• Time of Year for Survey Administration
• Interests and Concerns of the Technical Work Group Regarding Finance Data

Major Findings of Pilot Tests

• Schools Represented
• Response Rate
• Administrative Burden
• Feasibility of Questionnaire

Description of Survey Instrument

• Introductory Items
• More Details on Items 1-4
• Income
• Expenditures
• Classification of Expenditures by Functions and Objects
• Current Operating Expenditures and Capital Expenditures
• Non-Cash Contributions
• Summary of Alternative Options

Appendix A: Private School Finance Survey

LIST OF EXHIBITS

Exhibit I: Reported Time to Complete Survey

Exhibit II: Collection of Expenditure Data by Function and Objects

Exhibit III: Current Operating Expenditures and Capital Expenditures

Exhibit IV: Options for Streamlining or Expanding Questionnaire

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Executive Summary