EDUCATION
The test we have to pass
The quality of our schools is vital to New Yorkers. It matters to parents who care about their children’s education, to business owners seeking a qualified workforce, to homeowners who pay some of the highest local taxes in the nation—and to everyone who cares about the future of our state. Learn about the issues facing our schools:
We asked respondents to rate the job that state government is doing in keeping property taxes low, providing quality education for all children, holding local schools accountable, ensuring public schools are safe, and addressing issues related to school funding.
Property Taxes | Quality | Accountability | School Safety | Funding
LEARN MORE ABOUT. . .
Approaches to School Finance Reform
STAR Fails the Test of Sound Tax Policy
Get Beyond STAR in Gubernatorial Debate
OTHER RESOURCES:
PROPERTY TAXES
The Business Council of NYS, School Tax Watch Study
http://www.bcnys.org/whatsnew/2005/0512schooltax.htm
NYS State Education Department, Property Tax Report Card
http://stateaid.nysed.gov/propcard_05.htm
NYS Office of Real Property Services: STAR program
http://www.orps.state.ny.us/star/index.cfm
QUALITY
NYS Education Department, School Report Cards
http://www.emsc.nysed.gov/irts/reportcard/
National Center for Education Statistics, State Profile Page
http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/states/profile.asp
Education Week
http://www.edweek.org/ew/index.html
Education Week, Quality Counts report
http://www.edweek.org/rc/articles/2004/10/15/qc-archive.html
New York State United Teachers
http://www.nysut.org
New York State School Boards Association
http://www.nyssba.org
New York State Council of School Superintendents
http://www.nyscoss.org
ACCOUNTABILITY
Education Trust
http://www2.edtrust.org/edtrust
Consortium for Policy Research, Assessment and Accountability in the 50 States: New York profile
http://www.cpre.org/Publications/ny.pdf
Fordham Foundation
http://www.edexcellence.net/foundation/global/index.cfm
Foundation for Education Reform and Accountability
http://www.nyfera.org/
SCHOOL SAFETY
NY State Office for Mental Health, Violence Prevention: Creating Safer Schools in New York State
http://www.omh.state.ny.us/omhweb/sv/SchlViol.htm
New York State Center for School Safety
http://www.mhric.org/scss/aboutus.html
NYS Education Department, School Safety Page
http://www.emsc.nysed.gov/sss/SAVE/
FUNDING
NYS Education Department, Fiscal Analysis and Research Unit
http://www.oms.nysed.gov/faru/
Citizens Budget Commission, Can New York Get an A in School Finance Reform?
http://www.cbcny.org/CBC_School_Finance_Reform_11-04.pdf
Campaign for Fiscal Equity
http://www.cfequity.org/
Alliance for Quality Education
http://www.allianceforqualityeducation.org
National Center for Education Statistics: NYS Funding
http://nces.ed.gov/programs/stateprofiles/sresult.asp?mode=short&s1=36