Transitioning to Performance-Based State Funding:Concerns, Commitment, and Cautious Optimism

Barbara Y. LaCost, a National Education Finance Academy Fellow, is Associate Professor of Educational Administration at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Her teaching and research focus on P-20 education finance issues. “It [performance-based funding] kind of causes innovative thought. I think that’s important. So, in a way, it’s good. I think people see it as bad sometimes because it’s change. And it’s pushing the envelope of accountability.”

• Publication year

  2016

• Venue

  Educational Considerations

• Publication date

  2016-04-01

• Fields of study

  Political Science, Economics, Education

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  DOI 10.4148/0146-9282.1024
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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