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FinancialTransparencyWorkingGroup:SpotlightonEquity

January23,2018

By:Marguerite RozaEdunomics Lab at Georgetown University

Agenda

1. In-PersonMeeting,Feb.7,8am-4pm2. SpotlightonEquity

Ary Amerikaner,TheEducationTrust

FiTWiG In-PersonMeeting:Feb.7,2018• Where:Washington,D.C.• RenaissanceWashingtonHotel,999Ninth.St.NW

• When:• Openingreception:Feb.6,6pm• Mainmeeting:Feb.7,8am-4pm

• Agendaincludes:federalupdates,statecollaborationandproblemsolving,finalIFR,LEAtrainingdiscussion,anddatavisualization

Ifyouhaveanyquestions,pleasereachouttoKatie(katie.hagan@georgetown.edu) assoonaspossible.

Nextvirtualmeeting:• Feb.26,from1-2pmET– OfficeHours• Katiewillsendinvitesafterthiscall

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FiTWiG Supporters

ESSA’sPerPupilSpendingData:EquityImplications

AryAmerikaner,TheEducationTrust

OurRoadmap1) Inequitieswecan– and

cannot– seetoday2) ESSA’snewrequirement3) Questionsthenewdatawill

allowustoask&answer

Butfirst– acaveatYes,weareadvocates.Yes,wehaveapointofview.Butwe’renothere

todaytoadvocateortopushanythingonyou.

We’reheretoillustratehowequity-mindedadvocatesarelikelytounderstand– anduse– thesenewESSAdata

TheMissingPiece:WhatWeCan&Can’tSeeToday

STATES DISTRICTS SCHOOLS

InequitiesWeCan SeeToday:BetweenStates

Source:RevenuesandExpendituresforPublicElementaryandSecondaryEducation,NationalCenterforEducationStatistics

Morethan$15,000$13,000– $14,999$10,000- $12,999$9,000- $10,999Lessthan$9,000

Utah:$6,546 DistrictofColumbia:$20,577

InequitiesWeCan SeeToday:BetweenStates

InequitiesWeCan SeeToday:BetweenDistricts

• Highpovertydistrictsreceiveroughly$1,200/studentlessthanlowpovertydistrictsaroundthecountry

• In16stateshighpovertydistrictsreceivelessperpupilthanlowpovertydistricts.

InequitiesWeCan SeeToday:BetweenDistricts

Source: FundingGaps2015,TheEducationTrust

Gaps in State and Local Revenues per Student Between Districts Serving the Most and the Fewest Students in Poverty

InequitiesWeCan SeeToday:BetweenDistricts

InequitiesWeCannot(Clearly) SeeToday:BetweenSchools

Preliminarydataindicateinequitiesbetweenschoolswithin districts

InequitiesWeCannot(Clearly) SeeToday:BetweenSchools

Butthesedatahaveseriouslimitations• CivilRightsDataCollection• Excludeslargecategoriesofspending(e.g.specialeducation)• Qualityconcerns• Inconsistentcalculationsacrossdistricts

• Statedatasets• Notpubliclyavailable• Inconsistentcalculationsacrossdistricts

InequitiesWeCannot(Clearly) SeeToday:BetweenSchools

Limiteddatahasmeantverylittlepublicattention paidtoinequitiesbetweenschoolswithinschooldistricts.

InequitiesWeCannot(Clearly) SeeToday:BetweenSchools

ESSA’snewschoollevelperpupilreportingrequirementwillchangethis.

UsingtheData:ThroughanAdvocate’sEyes

Weaskedadvocatesfromaroundthecountry

Whatwouldyoudo(orhaveyoualreadydone)

withschoollevelspendingdata?

Here’swhattheytoldus

Engageparents

Comparemyschool’sspendingtobetterschools

Advocateforfundingthatmatchestheneedsofstudents

HoldLEAsaccountable

Pressstatementcallingforresource

equity

UsethedataintestimonybeforeCountyCouncilandschoolboardwhenthey

developbudgets

Betterunderstandwhat’sworkingand

what’snot Seeifschoolsthataresupposedtogetmore$fordisadvantagedstudentsare

actuallygettingit.

AdvocateforbudgetimpactstatementsthatusefundingdatatoexplainhowBlack

studentsareaffectedAsk

questions

Advocateformorefundinginlow

performingschools

Sharedatawithcommunityinawaythatallowsfor

organizedeffortstodemandequitableallocation

Hostworkshopsforparentsonwhatit

means

Pushtocutwaste

Budgetreorganization

Findbrightspotswhereresourcesarefollowingneedanddigdeepertolearnwhatisworking

Trackovertimetoseewherebudgetincreases

arespent

Drawparallelsbetweenfundingandoutcomes

Createresourcestoinformlocalleadersandparents(of

inequities)

Useittodirectschool

improvementefforts

Advocateforchangetoteacher/

para-educatorassignments

Pushforequitablefunding

Seeifschoolsthatareservinghistoricallyunderserved

studentsarereceivingtheirfairshare

Organizefamiliesforlocalaction

Clearly,districtleadersaregoingtogetalotofquestions

PossibleQuestionsforDistrictLeaders• Whyismychild’sschoolgettinglessperpupil?• Whyarealltheschoolsontheeastsideoftowngettingless(ormore)?• Whyarealltheschoolsservingstudentsofcolorgettingless(ormore)?• Whyareallthehighpovertyschoolsgettingless(ormore)?• Whatareyoubuyingwiththemoney?• Howarethedollarsleadingto– ornotleadingto– studentachievement?• What’sthebudgetprocessthatleadstothesespendingnumbers?HowcanIgetinvolvedinchangingit?

• Ifit’smostlyaboutteachersalaries,whyarethehighestpaidteachersinschoolsA,B,andCandnotschoolsX,Y,andZ?

• Howareyouconsideringresourceequityinschoolimprovementactivities?

Questions?