Per Student Financing in ECA School Systems

By the turn of the century, the decreasing efficiency and deteriorating quality of education systems in Eastern Europe and Central Asia (ECA) had reached a critical point. Many countries were facing serious resource allocation problems in general e...

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Main Author: Forgy, Larry
Format: Brief
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2009/06/11137857/student-financing-eca-school-systems
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/10250
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spelling okr-10986-102502021-04-23T14:02:49Z Per Student Financing in ECA School Systems Forgy, Larry ALLOCATION OF FUNDS BLOCK GRANTS CAPITAL COSTS CAREER CAREER GUIDANCE CLASS SIZES COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT DECENTRALIZATION EDUCATION SPENDING EDUCATION SYSTEMS EDUCATIONAL INPUTS EDUCATIONAL OUTPUT EDUCATIONAL QUALITY EXAM FORMULA FUNDING FUTURE RESEARCH GENERAL EDUCATION GRADE TEACHING LEARNING LEARNING OUTCOMES LOCAL SCHOOLS MIGRANT POPULATIONS NUMBER OF SCHOOLS PARENTAL SUPPORT PRIMARY SCHOOLS PRIVATE SCHOOLS PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PUBLIC EXPENDITURE QUALITY EDUCATION QUALITY OF EDUCATION QUALITY OF EDUCATION SYSTEMS QUALITY TEACHERS RESEARCH AGENDA RESOURCES FOR EDUCATION RURAL SCHOOLS SCHOOL AGE SCHOOL BUDGETS SCHOOL COSTS SCHOOL DROPOUTS SCHOOL FINANCE SCHOOL LEAVERS SCHOOL LEVEL SCHOOL NETWORKS SCHOOL OFFICIALS SCHOOL PRINCIPALS SCHOOL SYSTEM SCHOOL SYSTEMS SCHOOLS SKILLED TEACHERS SMALL BUSINESS SMALL CLASSES SPECIAL NEEDS START-UP STUDENT FINANCE STUDENT PERFORMANCE STUDENT POPULATION STUDENT POPULATIONS STUDENT TEACHER RATIOS STUDENTS PER TEACHER TEACHER TEACHER PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT TEACHER RATIOS TEACHER SALARIES TEACHERS TEACHING TEACHING AIDS TEACHING STAFF TEXTBOOKS UNION By the turn of the century, the decreasing efficiency and deteriorating quality of education systems in Eastern Europe and Central Asia (ECA) had reached a critical point. Many countries were facing serious resource allocation problems in general education. While the region had seen sweeping political, economic and population changes, countries continued to manage schools with traditional and centralized institutions. Budgets were allocated on the basis of past history, even as school age populations declined and moved. Consequently, the region had an excessive number of schools, with very low student and teacher ratios. For example, 47 percent of all schools in Armenia had less than 300 students by 2003, and Lithuania averaged only 12 students per teacher from 2000-2005. 2012-08-13T10:51:19Z 2012-08-13T10:51:19Z 2009-06 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2009/06/11137857/student-financing-eca-school-systems http://hdl.handle.net/10986/10250 English Europe and Central Asia Knowledge Brief; Volume No. 6 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Brief Publications & Research Europe and Central Asia
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topic ALLOCATION OF FUNDS
BLOCK GRANTS
CAPITAL COSTS
CAREER
CAREER GUIDANCE
CLASS SIZES
COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT
DECENTRALIZATION
EDUCATION SPENDING
EDUCATION SYSTEMS
EDUCATIONAL INPUTS
EDUCATIONAL OUTPUT
EDUCATIONAL QUALITY
EXAM
FORMULA FUNDING
FUTURE RESEARCH
GENERAL EDUCATION
GRADE TEACHING
LEARNING
LEARNING OUTCOMES
LOCAL SCHOOLS
MIGRANT POPULATIONS
NUMBER OF SCHOOLS
PARENTAL SUPPORT
PRIMARY SCHOOLS
PRIVATE SCHOOLS
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
PUBLIC EXPENDITURE
QUALITY EDUCATION
QUALITY OF EDUCATION
QUALITY OF EDUCATION SYSTEMS
QUALITY TEACHERS
RESEARCH AGENDA
RESOURCES FOR EDUCATION
RURAL SCHOOLS
SCHOOL AGE
SCHOOL BUDGETS
SCHOOL COSTS
SCHOOL DROPOUTS
SCHOOL FINANCE
SCHOOL LEAVERS
SCHOOL LEVEL
SCHOOL NETWORKS
SCHOOL OFFICIALS
SCHOOL PRINCIPALS
SCHOOL SYSTEM
SCHOOL SYSTEMS
SCHOOLS
SKILLED TEACHERS
SMALL BUSINESS
SMALL CLASSES
SPECIAL NEEDS
START-UP
STUDENT FINANCE
STUDENT PERFORMANCE
STUDENT POPULATION
STUDENT POPULATIONS
STUDENT TEACHER RATIOS
STUDENTS PER TEACHER
TEACHER
TEACHER PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
TEACHER RATIOS
TEACHER SALARIES
TEACHERS
TEACHING
TEACHING AIDS
TEACHING STAFF
TEXTBOOKS
UNION
spellingShingle ALLOCATION OF FUNDS
BLOCK GRANTS
CAPITAL COSTS
CAREER
CAREER GUIDANCE
CLASS SIZES
COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT
DECENTRALIZATION
EDUCATION SPENDING
EDUCATION SYSTEMS
EDUCATIONAL INPUTS
EDUCATIONAL OUTPUT
EDUCATIONAL QUALITY
EXAM
FORMULA FUNDING
FUTURE RESEARCH
GENERAL EDUCATION
GRADE TEACHING
LEARNING
LEARNING OUTCOMES
LOCAL SCHOOLS
MIGRANT POPULATIONS
NUMBER OF SCHOOLS
PARENTAL SUPPORT
PRIMARY SCHOOLS
PRIVATE SCHOOLS
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
PUBLIC EXPENDITURE
QUALITY EDUCATION
QUALITY OF EDUCATION
QUALITY OF EDUCATION SYSTEMS
QUALITY TEACHERS
RESEARCH AGENDA
RESOURCES FOR EDUCATION
RURAL SCHOOLS
SCHOOL AGE
SCHOOL BUDGETS
SCHOOL COSTS
SCHOOL DROPOUTS
SCHOOL FINANCE
SCHOOL LEAVERS
SCHOOL LEVEL
SCHOOL NETWORKS
SCHOOL OFFICIALS
SCHOOL PRINCIPALS
SCHOOL SYSTEM
SCHOOL SYSTEMS
SCHOOLS
SKILLED TEACHERS
SMALL BUSINESS
SMALL CLASSES
SPECIAL NEEDS
START-UP
STUDENT FINANCE
STUDENT PERFORMANCE
STUDENT POPULATION
STUDENT POPULATIONS
STUDENT TEACHER RATIOS
STUDENTS PER TEACHER
TEACHER
TEACHER PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
TEACHER RATIOS
TEACHER SALARIES
TEACHERS
TEACHING
TEACHING AIDS
TEACHING STAFF
TEXTBOOKS
UNION
Forgy, Larry
Per Student Financing in ECA School Systems
geographic_facet Europe and Central Asia
relation Europe and Central Asia Knowledge Brief; Volume No. 6
description By the turn of the century, the decreasing efficiency and deteriorating quality of education systems in Eastern Europe and Central Asia (ECA) had reached a critical point. Many countries were facing serious resource allocation problems in general education. While the region had seen sweeping political, economic and population changes, countries continued to manage schools with traditional and centralized institutions. Budgets were allocated on the basis of past history, even as school age populations declined and moved. Consequently, the region had an excessive number of schools, with very low student and teacher ratios. For example, 47 percent of all schools in Armenia had less than 300 students by 2003, and Lithuania averaged only 12 students per teacher from 2000-2005.
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author Forgy, Larry
author_facet Forgy, Larry
author_sort Forgy, Larry
title Per Student Financing in ECA School Systems
title_short Per Student Financing in ECA School Systems
title_full Per Student Financing in ECA School Systems
title_fullStr Per Student Financing in ECA School Systems
title_full_unstemmed Per Student Financing in ECA School Systems
title_sort per student financing in eca school systems
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2012
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2009/06/11137857/student-financing-eca-school-systems
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/10250
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