The researchers who developed the evidenced-based education model that Gov. Ted Strickland used for his school-funding overhaul say most states don’t need to increase spending significantly to improve student performance.
Professors Allan R. Odden and Lawrence O. Picus say it generally should cost an additional 2 percent to 9 percent annually to finance smaller class sizes, more professional development for teachers and other proven strategies contained in the plan.
Odden, an education professor at the University of Wisconsin, said the evidence-based model calls for implementing strategies shown to improve student performance.