Education Finance and Accountability Program (EFAP)

Costing Out 

William D. Duncombe and John Yinger. 2011. "Are Education Cost Functions Ready for Prime Time? An Examination of Their Validity and Reliability," Peabody Journal of Education, 86 (1): 28-57.

Julie Anna Golebiewski. 2011. "An Overview of the Literature Measuring Education Cost Differentials," Peabody Journal of Education, 86 (1): 84-112.

Anna Lukemeyer, William D. Duncombe, and John Yinger. 2008. "Dollars without Sense: The Mismatch between the No Child Left Behind Act Accountability System and Title I Funding," In Improving on No Child Left Behind: Getting Education Reform Back on Track, edited by R. D. Kahlenberg (The Century Foundation): 19-102.

William D. Duncombe, Anna Lukemeyer, and John Yinger. 2008. “The No Child Left Behind Act: Have Federal Funds Been Left Behind?,” Public Finance Review, 36 (4) (July): 381-407.

William D. Duncombe and John Yinger. 2007. "Measurement of Cost Differentials,"  In Handbook of Education Finance and Policy, edited by E. Fiske and H.F. Ladd (Laurence Erlbaum Publishers): 238-256.

William D. Duncombe. 2007. "Estimating the Cost of Meeting Student Performance Standards in the St. Louis Public Schools," Prepared for: Board of Education, City of St. Louis.

William D. Duncombe. 2006. "Responding to the Charge of Alchemy: Strategies for Evaluating the Reliability and the Validity of Costing-Out Research," ABFM Conference, Atlanta, GA, October 19, 2006. Published in the Journal of Education Finance, Fall 2006.

William D. Duncombe and John Yinger. 2005. "Estimating the Costs of Meeting Student Performance Outcomes Adopted by the Kansas State Board of Education," Report prepared for the Kansas Legislative Division of Post Audit.

William D. Duncombe and John Yinger. 2005. “How Much More Does a Disadvantaged Student Cost?,”  Economics of Education Review, 24 (5) (October): 513-532.

 

Campaign for Fiscal Equity

Amicus Curiae Brief of John Yinger and William D. Duncombe, 2004. Campaign for Fiscal Equity, Inc. v. The State of New York.

Additional Statement by John Yinger and William D. Duncombe, 2004. Campaign for Fiscal Equity, Inc. v. The State of New York.

William D. Duncombe, Anna Lukemeyer, and John Yinger. 2004. "Education Finance Reform in New York: Calculating the Cost of a 'Sound Basic Education' in New York City."

William D. Duncombe, Anna Lukemeyer, and John Yinger. 2003. "Financing an Adequate Education: A Case Study of New York."  NCES website.