A Think Twice Review of:

Review of A State-Level Perspective on School Spending and Educational Outcomes

Think Twice - Dec 11, 2025

Publisher/Think Tank - The Brookings Institution

Author(s) - Sarah Reber and Gabriela Goodman

A large and growing body of high-quality research shows that increased school funding positively affects student outcomes. Yet, as compared to the effect of school funding reported in an authoritative meta-analysis, a new Brookings Institution report examining this relationship finds a much smaller (although still positive) effect.

Reviewer(s) - Mark Weber, Rutgers University

In his review of A State-Level Perspective on School Spending and Educational Outcomes, Rutgers University lecturer and school finance expert Mark Weber explains how the report's reliance on overly simplistic methods prevents it from credibly estimating the true relationship between funding and student outcomes.