[Vision2020] Interesting Report by S&P on Michigan's Govt Schools

Tom Hansen thansen@moscow.com
Tue, 4 Feb 2003 06:09:58 -0800


This simply proves that it is not how much you spend, but how you invest
your expenditures that matters.  It is apparent that the majority of school
districts in Michigan expended their education budget on the wrong items.

For example if a family were to spend a vast majority of its food budget on
junk food (nothing nutritional), the health of that family is likely to
deteriorate.

Tom Hansen
Moscow, Idaho

> -----Original Message-----
> From: vision2020-admin@moscow.com [mailto:vision2020-admin@moscow.com]On
> Behalf Of John Harrell
> Sent: Monday, February 03, 2003 9:44 PM
> To: vision2020@moscow.com
> Subject: [Vision2020] Interesting Report by S&P on Michigan's Govt
> Schools
>
>
> Standard & Poors releases data on state's public schools
>
> http://www.mlive.com/newsflash/regional/index.ssf?/cgi-free/getsto
> ry_ssf.cgi?g9383_BC_MI--SchoolRatings&&news&newsflash-michigan
>
> The Associated Press
> 2/3/03 5:27 PM
>
> LANSING, Mich. (AP) -- More than half the school districts that
> spent more per
> student than the state average had below-passing rates on the
> Michigan Educational
> Assessment Program test, according to an analysis of the state's
> public schools.
>
> Standard & Poor's School Evaluation Services released a report
> Monday that
> analyzed trends in the state's public education system from
> 1996-97 to 2000-01.
> It's the second comprehensive report about Michigan's public schools.
>
> The division of Standard & Poor's, known for rating businesses,
> government
> agencies and even other countries, tracks where taxpayer dollars
> go and analyzes
> if spending increases boost student performance.
>
> The Statewide Insights report showed that of the 181 school
> districts that spent
> more per student than the state average, 92 had below-average
> passing rates on
> the MEAP. Of the 343 school districts with below-average
> spending, 171 had
> above-average MEAP passing rates.
>
> Other highlights of the report:
>
> --The graduation rate increased from 80.7 percent of students in
> 1997 to 86.3
> percent in 2001.
>
> --Per-student operating expenditures grew by 19 percent from 1997
> to 2001,
> nearly twice the cumulative inflation rate of 10.2 percent.
>
> -- The average administrator's salary rose 12.3 percent while the average
> teacher's salary increased by 8.4 percent.
>
> Cheers!
> John Harrell
>
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