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ACHIEVEMENT Transition Index Report
Too few Kentucky schools are on track to reach Kentucky's current standards for proficiency by 2014. In 2010 and 2011, Kentucky schools need more rapid improvement to be ready to do well on more demanding tests scheduled to start in 2012.
ACHIEVEMENT Disaggregated Transition Index Report
Most student groups are not improving at a rate strong enough to reach proficiency by 2014, as shown in this 2009 report from CBE, KASC, and the Prichard Committee.
ACHIEVEMENT Projected 2014 High School Performance
demonstrates that Kentucky is not on track to meet its 2014 proficiency goals for high school students. Download PDF File
ACHIEVEMENT Progress, but Not Enough Progress
analyzes trends through 2006. (2007) Download PDF File
FUNDING Estimated Per Pupil Losses
summarizes the buying power Kentucky schools will lose as a result of the 2008-10 state budget. (2008) Download PDF File
FUNDING 2008-10 Budget Analysis
shows total state figures for key programs. (2008) Download PDF File
FUNDING Calculation of the Cost of an Adequate Education in Kentucky,
by Deborah Verstegen, used the professional judgment method
to analyze school funding needs (2003). Go to Report
LITIGATION Rose v. CBE
is the 1989 landmark ruling on Kentucky's constitutional commitment to elementary and secondary education. Go to Report
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ACHIEVEMENT Sustaining the Commitment,
a white paper on assessment and accountability, offers insight from a group of Kentucky superintendents. (2008) Download PDF File
ACHIEVEMENT Reducing Obstacles
reports that Kentucky's return on its educational investments is "among the best in the nation given our poverty and undereducation," in a Policy Note from Kentucky's Long-Term Policy Research Center. (2008) Go to Report
ACHIEVEMENT Substantial and Yet Not Sufficient: Kentucky's Effort to Build Proficiency for Each and Every Child,
Paper presented at the
Symposium on "Equal Educational Opportunity: What Now?" Teachers College, Columbia University. (2007)
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ACHIEVEMENT 2007 CATS Results
have been released by the Kentucky Department of Education. The press release includes links to reports on
statewide results and on individual schools and districts. Go to Report
FUNDING Budget Contingencies and Fund Balance
This 2009 white paper argues that school district fund balances should not be used to solve state budget challenges and explains how fund balances differ from contingency funds.
FUNDING A Glass Half-Empty or Half-Full,
published by the Prichard Committe, analyses Kentucky's school funding landsacape from 1990 to 2008. (2007) Go to Report
FUNDING A State-of-the-Art Approach to School Finance Adequacy in Kentucky,
was prepared for by the Kentucky Department of
Education by Allan Odden, Mark Fermanich and Lawrence O. Picus. (2003) Go to Report
FUNDING A Professional Judgment Approach to School Finance Adequacy in Kentucky
was prepared for the Kentucky Department of Education by Lawrence O. Picus, Allan Odden, and Mark Fermanich. (2003) Go to Report
LITIGATION CBE v. Williams press release
explains CBE's decision not to appeal the 2007 summary judgment. Download PDF File
LITIGATION Each Child, Every Child
is Richard Day's history of the Council's work leading to the Rose decision and the Kentucky Education Reform Act of 1990. Please do note that the file is 4 MB in size, and a separate file for the appendices is listed below. Download PDF File
LITIGATION Each Child, Every Child Appendices
provides supporting information for Richard Day's dissertation noted above. This file is 1.2 MB. Download PDF File
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