Continuing Adequacy/Equity Work
Investing In P-12 Education and Achieving State Education Requirments (Spring 2008) describes the long-term investment needed in Colorado for all students to achieve academic success and meet Colorado's accountability expectations. A two-page version includes short sections on Background, Other States and Colorado's Analysis. The one page version excludes those sections.

2006 Adequacy/Equity Update
In early 2006, CSFP enlisted Augenblick, Palaich and Associates, Inc. (APA) to update the Colorado Adequacy Study. The update work finished in the Fall of 2006.

• School Finance Timeline - A timeline (1980 - 2011) of Colorado's K-12 School Finance and Educational Reform (updated thru 2008 Legislative Session)
• Guiding Principles - The principles used to define resource allocation to school districts for the update.
• Highlights - Numbered list of items reviewed during the update
• Process Summary - Overview of the Professional Judgement Panel process used in the update
• Funding Analysis of Colorado's K-12 Public Education - Question and answer format addressing commonly asked questions such as: What is "Adequacy"?, Do Schools Receive Adequate Funding?, etc.
• Executive Summary - Two page overview of the update
• Adequacy Work Update 2006 - A 43 page document documenting the results of the 2006 Adequacy Update

Augenblick & Myers, Inc. Adequacy/Equity Report of 2003:

Adequacy Study: Executive Summary
Adequacy Study
Successful Schools Addendum (What Makes a Successful School?)
Adequate Funding for Public Education and School Finance Formulas

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