One State, Two State, Red State, Blue State: Education Funding Accounts for Outcome Differences

Using publically available data, states coded as "blue" based upon results from the 2004 presidential election were significantly higher in education funding than were states coded as "red." Students in blue states scored significantly higher on outcome measures of math and readi...

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Main Author Meece, Darrell
Format Report
LanguageEnglish
Published 16.04.2008
Subjects
Differences
Educational Finance
Elections
Expenditure per Student
Grade 4
Grade 8
Mathematics Achievement
Outcomes of Education
Political Attitudes
Reading Achievement
Regional Characteristics
State Aid
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Summary:Using publically available data, states coded as "blue" based upon results from the 2004 presidential election were significantly higher in education funding than were states coded as "red." Students in blue states scored significantly higher on outcome measures of math and reading in grades four and eight in 2004 and 2007 than did students in red states. The difference in per-student funding accounted for the significantly higher performance on outcome measures. (Contains 2 tables.)