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SCHOOL FUNDING AND THE EVIDENCE BASED MODEL:
AN EXAMINATION OF HIGH SCHOOL BUDGET ALLOCATION IN HAWAII
by
Kyle Masayuki Morikone
___________________________________________________________________
A Dissertation Presented to the
FACULTY OF THE USC ROSSIER SCHOOL OF EDUCATION
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
In Partial Fulfillment of the
Requirements for the Degree
DOCTOR OF EDUCATION
August 2012
Copyright 2012 Kyle Masayuki Morikone
Object Description
| Title | School funding and the evidence based model: an examination of high school budget allocation in Hawaii |
| Author | Morikone, Kyle Masayuki |
| Author email | kmasayuki26@yahoo.com;kmasayuki26@gmail.com |
| Degree | Doctor of Education |
| Document type | Dissertation |
| Degree program | Education |
| School | Rossier School of Education |
| Date defended/completed | 2012-05-04 |
| Date submitted | 2012-05-25 |
| Date approved | 2012-05-25 |
| Restricted until | 2012-05-25 |
| Date published | 2012-05-25 |
| Advisor (committee chair) | Picus, Lawrence O. |
| Advisor (committee member) |
Sundt, Melora Brewer, Dominic |
| Abstract | This study looked at five Hawaii high schools in a single school district in order to determine the budget allocation process in place at each school. A further determination was made as to how closely the allocation practices mirrored a research-based method of budget allocation, the Evidence Based Model (Odden & Picus, 2008), which calculates the budget allotment based on the needs of the school. Case studies were included of each school, consisting of an interview with the principal, performance data on the Hawaii State Assessment, and basic demographics of each school. ❧ The findings of this study suggest that schools that used research-based methods are more likely to do well on assessments, mainly due to the ability of these schools to allocate money efficiently and effectively. Schools that participated in this study also largely viewed teachers as “fixed costs” along with supplies for the classroom and office. This view of teachers may arise from an overemphasis on teacher to student ratio, and a desire to lower the amount of students in each classroom. The suggested course of action with regards to the Evidence Based Model would set a goal of 1:25 for this ratio, and allow more money for programs and training based on a reduced number of teachers. Implications for practice are discussed. |
| Keyword | evidence-based model; budget; allocation; hawaii; funding; high school |
| Language | English |
| Part of collection | University of Southern California dissertations and theses |
| Publisher (of the original version) | University of Southern California |
| Place of publication (of the original version) | Los Angeles, California |
| Publisher (of the digital version) | University of Southern California. Libraries |
| Provenance | Electronically uploaded by the author |
| Type | texts |
| Legacy record ID | usctheses-m |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Rights | Morikone, Kyle Masayuki |
| Access conditions | The author retains rights to his/her dissertation, thesis or other graduate work according to U.S. copyright law. Electronic access is being provided by the USC Libraries in agreement with the author, as the original true and official version of the work, but does not grant the reader permission to use the work if the desired use is covered by copyright. It is the author, as rights holder, who must provide use permission if such use is covered by copyright. The original signature page accompanying the original submission of the work to the USC Libraries is retained by the USC Libraries and a copy of it may be obtained by authorized requesters contacting the repository e-mail address given. |
| Repository name | University of Southern California Digital Library |
| Repository address | USC Digital Library, University of Southern California, University Park Campus MC 7002, 106 University Village, Los Angeles, California 90089-7002, USA |
| Repository email | cisadmin@usc.edu |
| Archival file | uscthesesreloadpub_Volume4/etd-MorikoneKy-862.pdf |
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| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Full text | SCHOOL FUNDING AND THE EVIDENCE BASED MODEL: AN EXAMINATION OF HIGH SCHOOL BUDGET ALLOCATION IN HAWAII by Kyle Masayuki Morikone ___________________________________________________________________ A Dissertation Presented to the FACULTY OF THE USC ROSSIER SCHOOL OF EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree DOCTOR OF EDUCATION August 2012 Copyright 2012 Kyle Masayuki Morikone |
