Preface; Contents; List of Tables; Chapter 1: Introduction; 1.1 Research Questions; 1.2 Methodology; 1.3 Background and℗ Rationale; 1.4 Brief History of℗ Education Finance Court Decisions; 1.5 Results of℗ These Court Decisions; 1.6 Analysis; 1.7 Some Background on℗ Kentucky; 1.8 Education Reform in℗ Kentucky; 1.9 The Tennessee Situation; 1.10 The Study's Importance; Chapter 2: Review of℗ Literature; 2.1 National Attention Focused on℗ Education Reform; 2.1.1 Implementing Reform in℗ the℗ 1980s and℗ 1990s; 2.2 School Funding Court Decisions; 2.2.1 Results of℗ Court Decisions; 2.2.2 What Is Equity?

2.3 School Funding Reform2.3.1 Approaches to℗ Funding Reform; 2.4 The Impact of℗ Funding on℗ Student Achievement; 2.5 School Funding in℗ the℗ States; 2.6 Funding and℗ Reform in℗ Kentucky; 2.6.1 Overview of℗ Kentucky School Funding; 2.6.2 The Resulting Education Reform in℗ Kentucky; 2.7 Funding and℗ Reform in℗ Tennessee; 2.7.1 Overview of℗ School Funding in℗ Tennessee; 2.7.2 Tennessee's Response to℗ Small Schools; 2.8 Analysis; Chapter 3: Methodology; 3.1 Research Questions; 3.2 Population and℗ Sample; 3.3 Data; 3.3.1 Student Achievement; 3.4 Statistical Methods; 3.5 ARIMA's Application

3.6 Limitations of℗ ARIMA3.7 Qualitative Methods; Chapter 4: Research Results; 4.1 Qualitative Findings; 4.1.1 Kentucky Responses; 4.1.2 Tennessee Responses; Chapter 5: Analysis and℗ Conclusions; 5.1 Achieving Funding Equity; 5.2 Funding and℗ Student Achievement; 5.3 The Analytical-Rhetorical Disparity; 5.4 Policy Implications; 5.5 Limitations and℗ Further Research; 5.6 Conclusion; Appendix A: Kentucky Survey; Appendix B: Tennessee Survey; Appendix C: Data Error Testing Results; References