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This 7 page paper is based on the report by William Duncombe, Anna Lukemeyer, and John Yinger entitled "Education Finance Reform in New York: Calculating the Cost of a “Sound Basic Education” in New York City." The writer first explains the three approaches to determine an adequate level of educational funding. The writer comments on the strengths and weaknesses of each approach and then recommends one approach the state of California should consider using and the reasons for making that recommendation. Bibliography lists 1 source.
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to provide students "the opportunity for a sound basic education." The authors go on to say the first step is to define what a "sound basic education is" (Duncombe, Lukemeyer
and Yinger, 2004). Once that decision has been made and a "sound basic education" has been defined, the discussion can then turn to estimating adequate funding amounts. The
Commission established for the state of California must then first define what a sound basic education is. Perhaps the first place to start is reviewing the state grade-level curriculum frameworks
because these include standards for every subject area. Duncombe, Lukemeyer and Yinger (2004) used an index approach that could be duplicated in this state. As they reported, they created
"an index based on passing rates for elementary, middle-school, and high school mathematics and English exams with a much higher weight on the exams from high school." The maximum
value was 200, which would mean all students passed all tests (Duncombe, Lukemeyer and Yinger, 2004). The index has a value of 160, which is reflective of the average
district in the state (Duncombe, Lukemeyer and Yinger, 2004). The value of 130 is higher than the lowest-performing district in the state (Duncombe, Lukemeyer and Yinger, 2004). The
Commission might consider using this approach to defined sound basic education. The authors report there have been three approaches to calculate the cost; these are: "the professional judgment approach (also
called the resource cost model), the successful schools approach, and the cost estimation approach" (Duncombe, Lukemeyer and Yinger, 2004). The following paragraphs present an overview of each
approach: 1. Professional Judgment Approach. Using this approach, educators are asked to identify staffing and program need that schools require to achieve the identified performance standards and objectives 2.
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