How Do Public Elementary and Secondary Schools Spend Their Money?
Presented to the Annual Meeting of the American Education Research Association, April 4-8, New Orleans, LA. This paper provides an overview of all the findings of the “What Dollars Buy” research conducted by the Finance Center. It summarizes the findings from the Schools and Staffing Survey at the district, school, and teacher level, as well as providing a description of findings in California, New York and Florida. Picus, Lawrence O. 1994. The Allocation and Use of Educational Resources: District Level Findings from the Schools and Staffing Survey. Submitted to Economics of Education Review. This article summarizes the findings of the Finance Center?s analysis of the District Level Surveys from the 1987-88 Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS). Its primary finding is that despite considerable differences in the level of spending per pupil across the nation, school districts spend on average 60 percent of their resources on direct instruction. Picus, Lawrence O. 1994. A Computer Simulatio
