Why is Equity in School Funding So Elusive?

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTII

DECLARATIONIII

LIST OF CHARTSV

LIST OF TABLESVI

RESULTS38

Introduction38

Data analysis38

Analysis of the relationship between property tax and students' achievement after the enactment of Vermont's Equal Educational Opportunities EEOA of 199743

Impact of Equal Educational Opportunities Act (1997) on educational achievement in Vermont48

DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION54

Discussion of results54

Analysis of the Equal Educational Opportunities Act Vermont in the light of results54

The problem of equity in school funding58

A comparison of Vermont school funding with other states58

Elusiveness of school funding in America62

Recommendations64

Implications of the research65

Conclusions67

REFERENCES72

LIST OF CHARTS

CHART 1: STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT STATISTICS IN VERMONT38

CHART 2: STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT AT ELEMENTARY LEVEL BEFORE EEOA39

CHART 3: STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT AT MEDIUM LEVEL BEFORE EEOA40

CHART 4: STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT AFTER APPLICATION OF EEOA43

CHART 5: STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT AT ELEMENTARY LEVEL AFTER EEOA45

CHART 6: STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT AT MEDIUM LEVEL AFTER EEOA46

CHART 7: LARGE SCHOOL STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT COMPARISON49

CHART 8: MEDIUM SCHOOL STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT COMPARISON50

CHART 9: SMALL SCHOOL STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT COMPARISON50

LIST OF TABLES

TABLE 1: RELATIONSHIP OF EDUCATION ACHIEVEMENT WITH PROPERTY TAX IN VERMONT BEFORE ENACTMENT OF EEOA42

TABLE 2: RELATIONSHIP OF EDUCATION ACHIEVEMENT WITH PROPERTY TAX IN VERMONT AFTER EEOA47

TABLE 3: COMPARISON OF ELEMENTARY EDUCATION ACHIEVEMENT BEFORE AND AFTER EEOA48

TABLE 4: COMPARISON OF MIDDLE EDUCATION ACHIEVEMENT BEFORE AND AFTER EEOA49

TABLE 5: T-TEST APPLICATION52

RESULTS

Introduction

As the previous chapter had discussed that this study has two major purposes, the first purpose is to examine the relationship between property tax and school funding and its effect on public education in Vermont. The second purpose of this study is to study that whether there is a relationship between money and academic achievement in ...