Education Research

“Cost” Functions Should Not Be Used to Make Education Spending Decisions 0
- Education Research
- May 18, 2018
Executive Summary In response to the Kansas Supreme Court’s recent ruling in the Gannon V case, the Kansas Legislature recently contracted with a vendor to analyze the “cost” of educating public school students in grades K-12. Specifically, the vendor was asked to “estimate the minimum spending required to produce a given outcome within a given
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A-F Grading Comes to Kansas 0
- Education, Education Research
- May 17, 2018
It’s been too hard, for too long for parents to understand exactly how their child’s school is performing. Every state has a “Report Card” system that provides information on student performance, demographics, attendance rates and other related data regarding public schools. Most state systems, including Kansas, use ‘fuzzy’ labels like ‘approaching standard’ or ‘Level 1’
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Moving Beyond Constant Litigation: Principles for a Legislative Response to Gannon V 0
- Education Research
- December 14, 2017
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Gannon: The Fallacy of the Court’s Emerson Analysis 0
- Education Research, Research
- April 6, 2017
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2017 Public Education Fact Book 1
- Education Research, Research
- February 6, 2017
KPI’s fifth annual Public Education Fact Book is a one-stop shop for data on public school information from The Sunflower State. Numerous scientific surveys show that citizens are grossly misinformed on many pertinent facts of public education in Kansas. Aid and spending per-pupil are much higher than many Kansans believe, and student achievement is lower
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KPI Paper – At-Risk Funding: Increased Money Fails to Increase Achievement 0
- Education Research, Research
- November 1, 2015
At Risk Funding – increased money fails to increase student achievement.
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