What comes after lunch? : alternative measures of economic and social disadvantage and their implications for education research

• Other Authors: Downes, Thomas A. (Editor), Killeen, Kieran M. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Bingley, U.K : Emerald Publishing Limited : Information Age Publishing, Inc., 2024.
• Series: Research in education fiscal policy and practice.
• Subjects: Children with social disabilities > Education > United States > Research.; Public schools > United States > Finance > Research.; Economic indicators > United States > Measurement.; Social indicators > United States > Measurement.; Education > Research.; Higher education, tertiary education.; Education.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9781806601059
• DOI: 10.1108/979-8-88730-564-6
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xiii, 189 pages) : illustrations
• Access: Plný text je dostupný pouze z IP adres počítačů Univerzity Tomáše Bati ve Zlíně nebo vzdáleným přístupem pro zaměstnance a studenty

"Faced with the problem of how to measure the magnitude of economic disadvantage in the populations served by schools or districts, researchers addressing school finance topics have invariably turned to the fraction of students eligible for free- or reduced-lunches (FRPL). But the facile dependence on FRPL may be problematic. A large and growing literature in learning sciences and in the field of education itself has pivoted towards studies that explore the relationship between social/emotional health and the learning of children. The growing body of research on social/emotional health and learning (e.g. Gershoff, Aber, Raver, and Lennon, 2007) suggests that more refined measures of wealth, income and hardship more fully account for the effects of economic disadvantage than does FRPL. Historically, research in school finance has not utilized these refined measures but instead has depended on FRPL. The Community Eligibility Provision (CEP), a recent change in how student eligibility for free lunch is determined, may have the unintended, and yet fortuitous, consequence that it will force school finance researchers to use more sophisticated measures of student hardship. The CEP makes it possible for schools serving low-income populations to classify all students as eligible for free- or reduced-price lunch. Koedel and Parsons (2021) argue that, while FRPL might have been a workable measure of student disadvantage prior to CEP, post-CEP the extent of a school's or a district's population that is disadvantaged is no longer measured accurately by FRPL. Fazlul, Koedel, and Parsons (2021) go on to argue that, even prior to CEP, FRPL failed to provide an accurate measure of a school or district's poverty. This new policy environment makes it imperative to explore alternatives to FRPL and the implications for school finance. The goal of this volume is two-fold. First, we will draw together papers that compare alternative measures of student hardship at the school and district level and discuss the strengths and weaknesses of those measures. Second, we will include papers that explore how sensitive key findings in the education finance and policy literature are to the choice of measure of student hardship. The book is particularly interested in attracting new studies that replicate well-known papers in school finance that explore how, if at all, key findings change when FRPL is replaced with alternative measures of hardship. The book aims to provide a timely collection of new research on a measurement issue that is central to much research on K-12 education finance. The book is meant to serve scholars in education finance and policy who need a refined perspective on the context of schooling. The book is also meant to serve students and faculty from programs in public administration, public policy, community development and applied economics, education administration, educational leadership and policy studies who are studying content related to education policy, the economics of education, state and local public finance, and taxation. Some upper-level undergraduate students may also benefit from this resource"--