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Direct linkDuncombe, W.; Yinger, J. – Economics of Education Review, 2005
This paper provides a guide to statistically based methods for estimating the extra costs of educating disadvantaged students, shows how these methods are related, and compares state aid programs that account for these costs in different ways. We show how pupil weights, which are included in many state aid programs, can be estimated from an…
Descriptors: State Aid, Urban Schools, Student Costs, Disadvantaged
