Chen, Fiona with David Andersen and Tanette Nguyen, "The Impacts of Implementing a Cost-of-Education Index on the Equalization of Education Expenditures per Pupil", 1981
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In this paper, a pilot system dynamics simulation model, EDFIN1, is used to forecast the impacts of a cost-of-education index (COEI) on patterns of per pupil expenditures across various types of local school districts. Originally designed to compensate more fully those districts that incurred greater costs in the purchasing of educational inputs (i.e., higher teacher salaries or greater need for transportation), COEI adjustments are seen also to have direct impacts on the relative equity of per pupil expenditures across the states as a whole.