Public Education was Issue #2 in our 2008 Utah Priorities Poll
On a 1-5 scale, with 1 being “not at all concerned” and 5 being “very concerned, 67% of those polled gave this issue a 4 or 5. The average score for public education was 3.97, indicating significant concern about the issue. When follow-up questions were asked, respondents were concerned about the following aspects of public education in order from highest concern to lowest:



K-12 Education Research by Utah Foundation
Utah Foundation has performed extensive research on K-12 education, including evaluations of funding issues, test score performance, charter schools, school vouchers, private schools, school accountability, and class size reduction.

Research Reports/Briefs:

• May 2008: What Can $3,702 Buy? How Utah Compares in Education Spending and Services
• Jan 2008: Equalizing School Building Funds
• Oct 2007: School Testing Results, 2006 & 2007: How Utah Compares to Other States
• Aug 2007: Utah's Education Funding Effort: Update and Historical Perspective
• Jul 2007: Teacher Attrition: Why do teachers in Utah stop teaching and what policies will encourage them to stay?
• Aug 2006: Position papers on education finance reform (submitted for a September 2006 forum)
• Apr 2006: Paradox Lost: Utah's Public Education Funding Effort No Longer Surpasses the Nation
• Nov 2005: School Test Results: Criterion Referenced Tests Database
• Oct 2005: Challenges Facing Utah Charter Schools
• Oct 2004: Reducing Class Size
• Oct 2004: Utah's Education Paradox
• Sep 2003: Charter Schools: Can They Survive in Utah?
• Jul 2003: Utah Statewide School Testing Results: 2002, Including an Analysis of Technology in Utah Schools
• Jan 2003: School Choice: Experiences With Vouchers and Tuition Tax Credits in Other States
• Sep 2002: Utah at the Crossroads: Challenges for K-12 Education in the Coming Ten Years
• May 2002: The Status of Private Schools in Utah
• Mar 2002: Utah Statewide School Testing Results: 2001
• Mar 2001: Utah Statewide School Testing Results: 2000
• Jun 2000: Utah Public School Finances: FY 1998-99
• Mar 2000: Utah Public Education Financing and the State School Trust Fund
• Feb 2000: Utah’s Statewide Testing Results: 1999
• Dec 1999: Accountability in Public Education: An Overview & Analysis

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