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Miller-Whitehead, Marie – 2000
The Alabama State Department of Education School System Report Card provides annual data for each of Alabama's city and county public school systems, including student achievement indicators on the Stanford Achievement Test, High School Exit exam, writing tests, ACT test, dropouts, ADA expenditures, free and reduced lunch, system revenues, and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Indicators, Effective Schools Research, Elementary Secondary Education
Diefenderfer, Mark – West's Education Law Quarterly, 1996
In "ACE," students from poorer districts sought remedy from the state court system for reprehensible conditions in their schools. Explains the "ACE" case in detail. Reviews House Bill 468, which was intended to remedy school finance problems in the state, and identifies some potential constitutional deficiencies in this remedy.…
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Disabilities, Educational Equity (Finance), Educational Finance
Ross, Steven M.; Smith, Lana J.; Nunnery, John; Douzenis, Cordelia; Trentham, Landa L.; McLean, James E. – Research in the Schools, 1994
As part of the legal defense in an educational-disparity court case in Alabama, school resources and conditions and teacher and principal attitudes were studied in 45 school districts. Findings from all sources show disparities favoring wealthy schools on about 84% of the variables examined. Research impact on the trial is discussed. (SLD)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Court Litigation, Educational Equity (Finance), Educational Finance
Download full textMcLean, James E.; Ross, Steven M. – 1994
As part of litigation challenging the equity and adequacy of school funding in Alabama, educational resources and school conditions were examined in the highest and lowest funded school districts in the state. Identification of these districts revealed that all eight of the highest funded districts were urban systems, while all eight of the lowest…
Descriptors: Building Obsolescence, Educational Environment, Educational Equity (Finance), Educational Resources
