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CHAPTER 2 – LITERATURE REVIEW
Discussion and debate regarding the status of school funding in the United States
has been ubiquitous amongst policy makers and pundits nationally. California is not an
exception to this generalization and provides fodder to this debate due to its lackluster
student achievement, lower per pupil spending, and the composition of its students. The
state has more K-12 students, English language learners, and a continually diversifying
population than any other state and an inadequate education system that is not able to
meet the needs of all students (EdSource, 2008a; 2010d). Additionally, per pupil funding
is below the national average (EdSource, 2008a). These facts, combined with a complex,
and what some would describe as inadequate funding system have resulted in student
achievement that lags behind the majority of states (Kirst, 2006 EdSource, 2008a).
Charter schools, with significantly more flexibility in how they choose to allocate
their resources, are one of the fastest growing education innovations in California and
what some see as a way for students to achieve in California despite the aforementioned
obstacles. This chapter will synthesize literature in regards to the history of California
school funding, charter schools, the shift from equity towards adequacy models of
funding, and finally an overview of best practices within education. This synthesis of
literature will provide the foundation for the study of how charter schools are utilizing
and allocating resources during California’s current economic crisis.
California School Resource Allocation
Funding for public schools has gone through considerable changes due to shifting
priorities of national and local governments. In California specifically, court rulings and
Object Description
| Title | Allocation of educational resources to improve student achievement: Case studies of four California charter schools |
| Author | Patrick, Ramona Kay |
| Author email | rpatrick@usc.edu; ramonakaypatrick@gmail.com |
| Degree | Doctor of Education |
| Document type | Dissertation |
| Degree program | Education (Leadership) |
| School | Rossier School of Education |
| Date defended/completed | 2011-03-28 |
| Date submitted | 2011 |
| Restricted until | Unrestricted |
| Date published | 2011-05-04 |
| Advisor (committee chair) | Picus, Lawrence O. |
| Advisor (committee member) |
Hentschke, Guilbert C. Nelson, John L. |
| Abstract | Charter schools are growing at a rapid pace have significantly more flexibility in their allocation of resources in comparison to their traditional public school counterparts in California. Because of this, it is important to study how successful charter schools, with this increased flexibility, are utilizing their resources to achieve high results with their students in a time of fiscal constraint. There is a plethora of data and research on effective school practices to improve student achievement, but a dearth of research on the effective allocation of resources at charter schools. The purpose of this study is to analyze how four high performing charter schools, with high percentages of socioeconomically disadvantaged students in Los Angeles, California, are implementing school improvement strategies and utilizing resources at their school site to impact student achievement. The Evidenced-Based Model, (Odden & Picus, 2008) along with Odden and Archibald’s (2009) Ten Strategies for Doubling Student Performance were used as a lens in this study to compare resource allocation as well as school improvement strategies to best support student achievement at the schools. This study will describe each schools’ instructional vision and improvement strategy, how resources are utilized to implement their instructional improvement plan, how the current fiscal crisis is affecting their allocation of resources, and how actual resource patterns are aligned with the Evidence Based Model (Odden & Picus, 2008). |
| Keyword | charter schools; resource allocation; evidenced-based model |
| Geographic subject (state) | California |
| Geographic subject (country) | USA |
| Coverage date | 2000/2010 |
| 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-m3815 |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Rights | Patrick, Ramona Kay |
| Repository name | Libraries, University of Southern California |
| Repository address | Los Angeles, California |
| Repository email | cisadmin@lib.usc.edu |
| Filename | etd-Patrick-4438 |
| Archival file | uscthesesreloadpub_Volume51/etd-Patrick-4438.pdf |
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| Title | Page 21 |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Repository email | cisadmin@lib.usc.edu |
| Full text | 13 CHAPTER 2 – LITERATURE REVIEW Discussion and debate regarding the status of school funding in the United States has been ubiquitous amongst policy makers and pundits nationally. California is not an exception to this generalization and provides fodder to this debate due to its lackluster student achievement, lower per pupil spending, and the composition of its students. The state has more K-12 students, English language learners, and a continually diversifying population than any other state and an inadequate education system that is not able to meet the needs of all students (EdSource, 2008a; 2010d). Additionally, per pupil funding is below the national average (EdSource, 2008a). These facts, combined with a complex, and what some would describe as inadequate funding system have resulted in student achievement that lags behind the majority of states (Kirst, 2006 EdSource, 2008a). Charter schools, with significantly more flexibility in how they choose to allocate their resources, are one of the fastest growing education innovations in California and what some see as a way for students to achieve in California despite the aforementioned obstacles. This chapter will synthesize literature in regards to the history of California school funding, charter schools, the shift from equity towards adequacy models of funding, and finally an overview of best practices within education. This synthesis of literature will provide the foundation for the study of how charter schools are utilizing and allocating resources during California’s current economic crisis. California School Resource Allocation Funding for public schools has gone through considerable changes due to shifting priorities of national and local governments. In California specifically, court rulings and |
