Report: Education Spending Doesn't Guarantee Results
Per-pupil expenditures soar, but outcomes ... not so much
Education funding remains a major issue in the United States. One controversial aspect is whether increasing funding for education guarantees better student performance.
State Budget Solutions examined national trends in education from 2009-2011, including state-by-state analysis of education spending as a percentage of total state spending, and a comparison of average graduation rates and average ACT scores per state. The study shows that states that spend the most do not have the highest average ACT test scores, nor do they have the highest average graduation rates.
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