Ed Stem posted on 9/8/2009 5:08:00 PM
More evidence

Important education study just released:

FINANCIAL FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH 11TH GRADE STUDENT ACADEMIC PROFICIENCY IN MATH AND READING IN PENNSYLVANIA

An analysis of publicly available data for the 498 school districts in Pennsylvania reveals that:

* 11th grade PSSA performance in math and reading is slightly negatively associated with total district expenditures per student, which ranged between $ 8,168 - $29,512 per student, while holding other contextual variables constant.

* 11th grade PSSA performance in math and reading is not significantly associated with instructional expenditures per student, which ranged between $ 4,276 - $11,010 per student, with less than 1 percent of variation in district-level PSSA proficiency attributable to instructional expenditures."

see:
http://www.mspgp.org/research_and_findings.php?a=detail&id=169

When will Gov. Rendell have a press conference on this study?

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