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Peer reviewedDowning, Roger H.; And Others – Journal of Education Finance, 1985
Pennsylvania's mathematical modeling technique to evaluate tax reform proposals requires the following data: personal income at the local level and measures of the breakdown of property tax payment by land use classification. The simulation technique could be readily adapted in reorganizing educational finance systems. (MLF)
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Feedback
Download full textMarshall, Catherine; And Others – 1986
Individual members of state legislatures wield the greatest influence in state level policy formation. This was one of the findings of a study that identified the power and influence context of state-level policymaking. Data were gathered from six states (Arizona, California, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Illinois) using an instrument…
Descriptors: Administrators, Boards of Education, Decision Making, Educational Policy
Lee, Bill E. – 1987
This study was undertaken to determine the perceptions of a wide range of citizens and to inform the Mississippi Legislature on the issue of merit pay in education. From each of 50 randomly selected Mississippi school districts, a representation of grades K through 12 was chosen, with all professional and administrative staff members asked to…
Descriptors: Administrator Qualifications, Administrators, Attitude Measures, Community Attitudes
Peer reviewedMazzoni, Tim L. – Planning and Changing, 1985
An analysis of structured interviews conducted in 1973, 1979, and 1984 with state legislators and school lobbyists and 14 case studies that investigated issues in Minnesota state school policymaking reveal that influence relationships do not correspond to the bureaucratic model. Political leaders influence policymaking far more than do…
Descriptors: Bureaucracy, Educational Finance, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education
Fuentes, Edward J.; Stratoudakis, Carol Jay – 1992
This document summarizes the media's reaction to the release of the 1991 "National Education Goals Report: Building a Nation of Learners," and public response to the National Education Goals Panel's (NEGP's) call for specific feedback on its work. Results will be used by the NEGP to improve the format and content of future reports.…
Descriptors: Administrators, Advisory Committees, Educational Change, Educational Objectives
Peer reviewedWalsh, John – Science, 1988
Discusses the recent increases in funding to the science and engineering directorate at the National Science Foundation. Credits the resurgence to the United States Congress. Questions how long the rise in the science education budget will be maintained. (TW)
Descriptors: Budgets, College Science, Educational Finance, Elementary School Science
Huang, Gary; Reiser, Mindy; Parker, Albert; Muniec, Judith; Salvucci, Sameena – 2003
This reports presents interview findings with education policymakers on various aspects of educational research. The sampling contained the following groups: superintendents and other local education officials; chief state school officers; state higher education executive officers; state legislators; governors' educational policy advisors;…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Access to Education, Accountability, Educational Assessment
