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STI Publications

Recent Findings in the Economics of Education Reform and Prospective Work at the Jim Self Center On The Future
Understanding 'Poor' Performance:   Palmetto Achievement Challenge Test (PACT) Scores and Poverty
The Relative Performance Matrix Report
SAT Performance
Education Performance Measures
The Greenwood Report
Public Education and Greenwood County
South Carolina School District Profile Data, 1997-98. (A companion volume to Public Education and Greenwood County)
The Dimensions of Education: Recent Research on School Size,, December 1990, Davant T. Williams
A Survey of Procedures for School Bus Scheduling and Routing,January 1990, Joanne E. DeVoe, and James P. Jarvis.

Other Publications

The State of State Standards 2000
According to the report, only five states combine solid academic standards with strong school accountability. South Carolina is one of the five.
Edited by Chester E. Finn, Jr. and Michael J. Petrilli
Published by the Thomas B. Fordham Foundation, January 2000
An Analysis of the Impacts of Property Tax-Based Economic Development Incentives on School Districts in South Carolina
This report expands research conducted earlier by the same consultants for the Horry County School Board, exploring the impacts of a large development project on the school district. The School Boards Association asked the same group to look at the statewide implications on school districts' ability to finance education if school tax revenues are reassigned for use in financing local economic development projects.

Prepared for the South Carolina School Boards Association
By Frank L. Hefner, Randolph C. Martin, Harry W. Miley Jr.,Holley Hewitt Ulbrich, and Douglas P. Woodward, March 3, 2000
Education and Economic Development in South Carolina
By Douglas P. Woodward, Harry W. Miley, Jr., and Holley Hewitt Ulbrich, July, 2000.

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