Financing education in the United States: analysis of investments in education and its relationship to academic performance

Esther López Martín; Eva Expósito Casas

doi:10.14516/fde.2013.011.015.007

Authors

Esther López Martín Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (España) Author
Eva Expósito Casas Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (España) Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14516/fde.2013.011.015.007

Keywords:

financing education, educational performance, United States, education, human capital

Abstract

The importance attributed to the role of education in economic growth, has generated great concern for improving the quality of education in the United States. This interest is clear from both the investments that different governments (Federal, State and Local) intended to defray the costs of the educational activity, and the educational reforms conducted by the Federal Government in recent years. Financing education in the United States is a key determinant for the resources, both in quality and quantity, dedicated to education and, consequently, the educational results achieved. In this sense, a positive and imperfect relationship between investment in education and students’ academic performance has been shown.

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