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  • The Global ETD Search service is a free service for researchers to find electronic theses and dissertations. This service is provided by the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations.
    Our metadata is collected from universities around the world. If you manage a university/consortium/country archive and want to be added, details can be found on the NDLTD website.
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The Local Composite Index: A Critical Analysis

Driscoll, Lisa G. 11 December 1998 (has links)
The purpose of this study was to develop an explanation for the volatile behavior of the Local Composite Index, Virginia's measure of public school division fiscal capacity. This study documented and analyzed the behavior of the mathematical and structural components of the current formula over the period inclusive of Biennia 1984-86 through 1996-98. It was implemented in five phases: 1. Literature Review. Literature related to public school division fiscal capacity was reviewed: a) To identify normative and procedural concepts important to the philosophical development of fiscal capacity. b) To delineate the various models used across the United States in the determination of public school fiscal capacity. c) To examine components of indices, their application, and criteria for evaluating their behavior. 2. Local Composite Index Review. Information was collected from various sources regarding the Local Composite Index and its components for all school divisions in the Commonwealth. 3. Database Development. A relational database was developed to facilitate exploratory trend analyses of the LCI and its components. 4. Analysis. An identification and analysis of three trends was selected, defined, and undertaken: a) Biennial Change Rate of the Indicators, Local and State b) Biennial Change Rate of the Standardized Indicators, Local and State c) Net Biennial Change Rate of the Local to State Ratio for the Standardized Indicators 5. Case Studies. Five case studies of public school divisions and the Commonwealth of Virginia were performed to provide an in-depth and quantitative analysis of the interaction of the various component trends of the Local Composite Index and their resultant effects. The study identified specific phenomena and their percentage contribution to the volatility of the Local Composite Index. The study found three interactive effects of the LCI ratio structure that contribute to its volatility: * The Ratio structure can enhance the LCI value. * The Ratio structure can dampen the LCI value. * The ratio structure allows for Synthetic Change within the Local or State Standardized Indicators, which stimulates unpredictable patterns of volatility. / Ph. D.
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The evolution and effect of the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission's reports on Funding the standards of quality, part I and part 2 as seen through key actor interviews

Childs, William P. 02 October 2007 (has links)
The purpose of this study was to detail the history of the formulation of the JLARC studies in 1986 and 1988 on funding the Standards of Quality, background surrounding that formulation, political reaction, and the effect that the reports had regarding changes in the funding methodology for public schools in the Commonwealth as viewed through the recollections of key actors involved in the policy making process. The key actor interview methodology provided the research basis for this qualitative study. Historic events were chronicled through a review of official documents, newspaper accounts, academic publications, and private correspondence. The research framework utilized application of the policy cycle as a reference for the changes in policy. Recollections were validated by triangulation. The history included essential employment of political science, quantitative studies in educational finance, and methods of collection of oral history from participants. The focus of the study attempted to answer several key organizational questions. The findings indicated that a limited number of key actors provided an accurate history of the events, that JLARC operated exclusively as a legislative agency designed to ascertain the efficiency of state government, that legislative members of JLARC had tremendous influence, that Governor Baliles astutely incorporated elements of the JLARC studies into his educational agenda for political purposes, that Governor Baliles was able to effectively manage his proposals through the General Assembly while mitigating public opposition, and that there was no legislative-executive collusion in this change in policy. The study further discovered that within the area of appropriations, JLARC professional staff had a profound impact on funding procedures and that JLARC itself can act as a quasilegislature outside of public view due to the manner in which budgets are passed in the General Assembly. This study reviewed both studies and detailed the effect of the linear estimator as the mandated method of calculating the costs of the Standards of Quality. It also documented the continuing disparity in educational equity in Virginia since the implementation of the changes in 1988. Differing perspectives of the use and impact of the controversial linear estimator were presented and explained. / Ed. D.

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