The true cost of education
Created for state Department of Education financial managers, SchoolNomics™ is like a "return on investment calculator" for educational spending. Traditional reports only show who controlled the money. A SchoolNomics analysis shows who benefited.
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Learn MoreThe first step in spending education dollars wisely is to have a true understanding of how those dollars are being spent.
SchoolNomics provides an easy-to-understand way to look at the effectiveness and efficiency of school succcess, based on a patented financial model.
You receive services and data for an analysis that shows cost/benefit relationships at each school and program level.
Spending is reported both on a per-pupil basis and as percentages of your total expenditures.
Education leaders and legislators who use SchoolNomics say they are making better investment decisions because they know:
When Rhode Island published its first UCOA data, a blogger at the Thomas B. Fordham Institute praised the state's accountability, saying "District budget directors and community members alike now have a powerful tool for finding inefficiencies and pushing for spending that is better-aligned with their most important priorities for K-12 education."
