MNEA white paper explores state budget crisis
A white paper by MNEA legislative director Otto Fajen, a widely respected expert on school finance in Missouri, details Missouri’s structural budget deficit and its impact on public education. It also offers a solution and action steps for public education advocates.

Missouri's Budget Crisis:
The Impact of the Structural Budget Deficit on Public Education (pdf)

Twenty-Fourth Annual Report to Congress
on the Implementation of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)
http://www.ed.gov/about/reports/annual/osep/2002/index.html

Study on Funding Adequacy:
Calculation of the cost of an adequate education in Missouri
using the professional judgment and the successful school district approaches
Prepared by Augenblick & Myers, Inc.
for the Missouri Education Coalition for Adequacy (MECA)

Executive Summary (pdf)
Complete Report (pdf)
Q&A (doc)

The Missouri Assessment Program: An Independent Evaluation
by William Schafer
(pdf format)

Executive Summary
Complete Report