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Fiscal Analysis Of Report Of Select Panel On Revisioning Education In Maine, David L. Silvernail, Ida A. Batista
Fiscal Analysis Of Report Of Select Panel On Revisioning Education In Maine, David L. Silvernail, Ida A. Batista
Maine Education Policy Research Institute
In late 2005 the Select Panel on Revisioning Education in Maine issued their draft report describing a series of recommendations for the improvement of student learning in Maine. The Panel, convened by the Maine State Board of Education, and pursuant to Tile 20-A statutory requirements, developed their recommendations through six months of data collection and analysis, discussions and deliberations, culminating in a draft report for further discussions and debate by the Maine citizenry. In summer 2006 the Select Panel requested the Center for Education Policy, Applied Research and Evaluation (CEPARE) at the University of Southern Maine to conduct a cost …
Achievement Investment Prowess: Identifying Cost Efficient Higher Performing Maine Public Schools, Ida A. Batista
Achievement Investment Prowess: Identifying Cost Efficient Higher Performing Maine Public Schools, Ida A. Batista
Maine Education Policy Research Institute
Throughout the United States the debate has been frequent, intense, and at times adversarial over how to fund education adequately. Maine has been trying to identify higher performing schools in the hope that practices that contribute to success at higher performing schools can be adapted at similar schools throughout the state. The 1997 establishment of Essential Programs and Services, an adequacy based funding model, has a primary goal to ensure success for all of Maine's children based on generating and distributing funds more equitably throughout the state. However, identifying higher performing schools based on achievement misses inclusion of fiscal responsibility …