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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="http://www.schoolfundingmatters.org/utility/FeedStylesheets/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>publications : policy report</title><link>http://www.schoolfundingmatters.org/files/folders/publications/tags/policy+report/default.aspx</link><description>Tags: policy report</description><dc:language>en</dc:language><generator>CommunityServer 2.1 SP1 (Build: 61025.2)</generator><item><title>Policy Report: Models for Ohio School Funding: Comparing the Evidence-Based Approach with Weighted Student Funding</title><link>http://www.schoolfundingmatters.org/files/folders/publications/entry181.aspx</link><pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2009 20:16:08 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">cb835c95-b140-4f43-b1a2-20a9ebb7425a:181</guid><dc:creator>admin</dc:creator><slash:comments>1</slash:comments><description>A comparison of weighted student funding as described in a March 2008 Fordham Foundation report with the Ohio Evidence-Based Model.</description><enclosure url="http://www.schoolfundingmatters.org/files/folders/181/download.aspx" length="173993" type="application/pdf" /></item><item><title>Policy Report on evidence-based costing out model</title><link>http://www.schoolfundingmatters.org/files/folders/publications/entry146.aspx</link><pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2009 14:17:24 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">cb835c95-b140-4f43-b1a2-20a9ebb7425a:146</guid><dc:creator>admin</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><description>&lt;STRONG&gt;The Importance of Costing out a Quality Education in Ohio: Why Evidence-based Should be Ohio’s Choice&lt;/STRONG&gt; 
&lt;P&gt;As Ohio again embarks on fixing its school funding system, it is clear that a costing-out model must be a central part of the effort to satisfy the mandates of the &lt;I&gt;DeRolph &lt;/I&gt;rulings and public perception. The question then becomes which costing-out model will yield the best result for Ohio. The evidence-based model offers Ohio the best opportunity to benefit from an objective, research-rich approach to determine what is needed to provide a thorough and effective education system. &lt;/P&gt;</description><enclosure url="http://www.schoolfundingmatters.org/files/folders/146/download.aspx" length="228413" type="application/pdf" /></item></channel></rss>