NEPC Review: A State-Level Perspective on School Spending and Educational Outcomes (Brookings Institution, Sept 2025). [Reprint].
Abstract
Mark Weber's review of the Brookings Institution report, A State-Level Perspective on School Spending and Educational Outcomes, reprinted here with the kind permission of the National Education Policy Center (NEPC), University of Colorado Boulder (http://nepc.colorado.edu). The review was made possible in part by funding from Great Lakes Center for Educational Research and Practice.
Author Biography
Mark Weber, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Mark Weber is the Special Analyst for Education Policy at the New Jersey Policy Perspective, and a lecturer at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, where he earned his PhD. Weber also works as a public school teacher in Warren Township, NJ. His research projects include the School Finance Indicators Database, the nation’s most comprehensive source of school finance data and analysis. In addition to many journal articles and book chapters, Weber has authored many education policy briefs, including works for the Shanker Institute, the Education Law Center, the Fordham Foundation, and others. Weber’s research concentrates on school choice, school finance, teacher preparation and quality, and arts education, with a particular focus on equity.
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[Report reviewed]: Reber, S. & Goodman, G. (2025, September 30). A state-level perspective on school spending and educational outcomes. Brookings Institute. https://www.brookings.edu/articles/a-state-level-perspective-on-school-spending-andeducational-outcomes/
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