Deck 13: Analyzing Equity and Adequacy of State School Finance

Question 1

Equity means fairness or justice.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

The state should provide for an adequate level of education and compensate for background variations of each child.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

Horizontal and vertical equity are synonymous for the purpose of distribution of state funds.

Answer 3

False

Question 4

According to Kant, equity is founded on the principle of right.

Question 5

Commutative allocation of fiscal resources is based on the idea of localism.

Question 6

Equitable distribution of a state's fiscal resources requires adequate state funding.

Question 7

The highest of four levels of allocative distribution requires fiscal accommodation of the "least advantaged."

Question 8

Fiscal recognition of the "least advantaged" is justified by Kant and Rawls.

Question 9

Federal funds should be subtracted from the distribution of general state aid to local school districts.

Question 10

States with more small school districts tend to have less severe fiscal equalization problems.

Question 11

The measurement of horizontal equity is less value laden than is the measurement of vertical equity.

Question 12

The Coefficient of Variation (CV) is designed to measure the variability of the distribution of dollars per pupil among school districts.

Question 13

The Lorenz Curve may be used as a graphic depiction of fiscal equality of state school funding.

Question 14

Equity means fairness or justice.

Question 15

The state should provide for an adequate level of education and compensate for background variations of each child.

Question 16

Horizontal and vertical equity are synonymous for the purpose of distribution of state funds.

Question 17

According to Kant, equity is founded on the principle of right.

Question 18

Commutative allocation of fiscal resources is based on the idea of localism.

Question 19

Equitable distribution of a state's fiscal resources requires adequate state funding.

Question 20

Name the four concepts in the "allocative hierarchy" for state school fund distribution. Briefly explain each.

Question 21

Explain what is meant by the following terms:

Question 22

What are the four levels of allocative equity theory? Name each and briefly explain.

Question 23

Why is "commutative allocation" of funds less than desirable or deficient in allocative equity?

Question 24

Under what circumstance does the state government bear the burden of proof of necessity? Refer to Isaiah Berlin's metaphor of the cake.

Question 25

What is Enlightenment Cosmopolitanism as referred to by Pagden?

Question 26

Name five of the nine standard statistical methods to determine the extent of fiscal equalization among school districts in a state.

Question 27

Draw a graph of a Lorenz Curve and briefly explain the Gini Coefficient.

Question 28

What are the four basic methods for determining the "adequacy" of state school financing? Briefly explain each.