Predicting School District Funding in Pennsylvania: Application of a Spatial Analysis

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Abstract

Resolving a history of inequitable school district funding in Pennsylvania has become a hotly-debated topic in the state. This analysis provides a new layer of refinement to that topic, by accounting for spatial patterns and dependencies when looking for significant predictors of funding. Of interest to methodologists and policy-makers alike, this study as much an exercise in appropriately applying spatial regression models as it is a pursuit of persistent explanations of variation in funding between districts.

Author

• Tesla DuBois, University of Pennsylvania