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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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School Finance Systems: Aging Structures in Need of Renovation.
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Odden, Allan; Clune, William H. – Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 1998
Traditional school-finance systems need dramatic change to make them more supportive of the goals and strategies of standards. The shortcomings of current structures are reviewed, and suggestions are provided for changing finance structures, including a shift from fiscal equity toward educational adequacy. Elements to enhance a new system are…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational Equity (Finance), Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education
Institutional Choice as a Theoretical Framework for Research on Educational Policy.
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Clune, William H. – Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 1987
Presents a theoretical framework of institutional choice and argues that the theory predicts and clarifies significant issues in educational policy. (RB)
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational Policy, Institutional Role, Research Utilization
Education Reform in the Trenches: Increased Academic Course Taking in High Schools with Lower Achieving Students in States with Higher Graduation Requirements.
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Clune, William H.; White, Paula A. – Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 1992
Transcript data were analyzed to determine changes in course taking among graduates of high schools including mostly lower achieving students in California, Florida, Missouri, and Pennsylvania, which adopted high graduation requirements in the 1980s. Average credits per student increased in all academic subjects, as did the courses' difficulty…
Descriptors: Course Selection (Students), Credits, Difficulty Level, Economically Disadvantaged
The Best Path to Systemic Educational Policy: Standard/Centralized or Differentiated/Decentralized?
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Clune, William H. – Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 1993
It is argued that the basic means-ends analysis of systemic educational policy may be mistaken in the current national context. The author agrees with the basic premises of systemic educational policy but thinks that a mandatory system of strong instructional guidance from the state has basic problems, as discussed. (SLD)
Descriptors: Administrative Problems, Centralization, Decentralization, Educational Policy