School FundingVictor Cartagena

Research Question: Does school funding help improve the student’s test scores?

Review of literature• In Arizona, school funding is in the bottom four of the nation when it comes to

how much money per pupil.

• $7,666

• Not many people know about how poor our state does

• People do not believe that schools should be receiving more money

• Arizona need to pay schools about 1.3 billion dollars

• Which is just the national minimum

• Other states have noticed improvement in their schools when they give them more money

Data Analysis

Demographic Graphs

Ethnicity

Male41%

Female59%

Gender

Caucasian48%

Hispanic37%

Native American7%

African American4%

Asian4%

Ethnicity

Sophmore15%

Junior52%

Senior15%

Not in school19%

Grade

Education major/career

22%

Non education ma-jor/career

78%

Major or Career

Qualitative Graphs

TRUE37%

FALSE63%

Does more money equal a better education?

FALSE67%

TRUE33%

DOES MORE MONEY EQUAL BETTER STUDENT TEST SCORES?

YES

70%

NO30%

SHOULD SCHOOLS CONTINUE TO GET MORE MONEY?

DO YOU THINK THAT GIVING SCHOOLS MORE MONEY WILL IMPROVE THEir test scores as a whole?

YES56%

NO44%

DO YOU THINK THAT GIVING SCHOOLS MORE MONEY WILL IMPROVE THEIR test scores as a whole?

Quantitative Graph

$12,000 - $19,0004%

$11,000 - $12,000 (U.S. average)22%

$8,000 - $11,00026%

LESS THAN $8,00048%

HOW MUCH DO YOU THINK ARIZONA SPENDS PER PUPIL?

Conclusion• In conclusion there is a reason why Arizona is one of the lowest in test scores in

the nation

• I personally think if you look at how much we are funding our schools compared to the other states, that can be a huge reason why we are one of the lowest

• Arizona is in the bottom four with only about $7,666 per pupil

• Many people do not understand about school funding and that can be a reason it is so low and nobody cares about it.

• It is a never ending battle between money and test scores

• They won’t give a school more money if they are doing poorly in their test scores, but money will help the test scores

Recommendations

• Get aware of / understand the problem

• Spend the money more efficiently

• Arizona needs to pay up• The bill will help!

• Students need to work harder

• Educators need to be better

References• Arizona school funding formula debated. (n.d.). Retrieved December 4, 2014

from http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/arizona-schools-funding-debated.html

• Census ranked Arizona, again, near bottom for per-pupil school spending. (n.d.). Retrieved December 4, 2014, from http://cronkitenewsonline.com/2013/06/census-ranked-arizona-again-near-bottom-for-per-pupil-school-spending/

• Education Spending Per Student by State. (n.d.). Retrieved December 4, 2014, from http://www.governing.com/gov-data/education-data/state-education-spending-per-pupil-data.html

• States Spending the Most (and Least) on Education. (n.d.). Retrieved December 4, 2014, from http://247wallst.com/special-report/2014/06/03/states-spending-the-most-and-least-on-education/

Questions??

THANK YOU!