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Selected Results From A Survey Of Maine Public High School Principals, James E. Sloan
Selected Results From A Survey Of Maine Public High School Principals, James E. Sloan
Maine Education Policy Research Institute
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Identification Of Higher And Lower Performing Maine Schools-School Profiles And Characteristics, David L. Silvernail
Identification Of Higher And Lower Performing Maine Schools-School Profiles And Characteristics, David L. Silvernail
Maine Education Policy Research Institute
Identifying Maine's higher and lower performing schools may be useful for many purposes, but two are particularly important. Identifying these schools is important for developing and refining Maine's new funding formula. Maine's Essential Programs and Services (EPS) school funding formula is what is known nationally as a cost-based adequacy model. The underlying premise of the formula is that all schools should have adequate resources to ensure that all children may achieve high standards of learning. In the case of Maine, these high standards are the Learning Results. What are adequate levels of resources needed to achieve the Learning Results? From …
Analysis Of The Impact Of School Consolidation On Student Transportation Cost, David L. Silvernail, Aaron K. Gritter, James E. Sloan
Analysis Of The Impact Of School Consolidation On Student Transportation Cost, David L. Silvernail, Aaron K. Gritter, James E. Sloan
Maine Education Policy Research Institute
No abstract provided.
Condition Of K-12 Public Education In Maine 2007, Paula B. Gravelle, David L. Silvernail
Condition Of K-12 Public Education In Maine 2007, Paula B. Gravelle, David L. Silvernail
Maine Education Policy Research Institute
"Education Indicators" are facts and statistics that help to describe a public education system. They are tools which are useful in examining and measuring the effectiveness of the system. Examples include information such as the amount of local funds raised to support local schools, per pupil expenditures, pupil-teacher ratios, and student achievement results. This publication contains a series of indicators which will help interested citizens, policymakers, and legislators understand the many components of the K-12 Maine public education system. The "Condition of K-12 Public Education in Maine 2007" is comprised of six categories of indicators: (1) Background Demographics, (2) Enrollment, …