Addresses the critical issues and challenges facing state and district policy-makers working to develop school-based funding policiesAddresses the critical issues and challenges facing state and district policy-makers working to develop school-based funding policiesPreface - Margaret E Goertz and Allan Odden PART ONE: A CONCEPTUAL OVERVIEW Issues in School Site-Based Financing in Large Cities in the United States - Robert Berne and Leanna Stiefel Site-Based Management - Lawrence O Picus A Nuts and Bolts Approach for School Administrators Measuring School Efficiency Using School-Level Data - Leanna Stiefel, Amy Ellen Schwartz and Ross Rubenstein Theory and Practice PART TWO: DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF SCHOOL BASED-FINANCING SYSTEMS Local Management of Schools and School Site-Based Financing - Quentin Thompson and John Lakin The Experience in England and Wales since 1988 Recent Developments in Decentralizing School Budgets in Australia - Brian Caldwell and Peter Hill The Institution of School-Based Management in Edmonton - Lloyd W Ozembloski and Daniel J Brown PART THREE: HOW SCHOOLS ALLOCATE AND USE FINANCIAL RESOURCES School-Based Financing in North America - Allan Odden Performance-Based Budgeting for Public Schools in Florida - Carolyn D Herrington Resource Allocation in Reforming Schools and School Districts - Margaret E Goertz and Mark C Duffy