According to a renowned national research institute, Oregon must significantly reform its decades-old financing formula and spend significantly more per student in order to approach its stated goals for student performance, especially in schools that serve a concentration of students from low-income households.
The six-part analysis, which cost $290,000 and was commissioned by the Legislature from the impartial American Institutes of Research, is the most recent round in the long-running dispute about how Oregon pays for its schools.
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