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=[|Florida Tax Watch Report on Florida Virtual School]= "In this report, Florida Tax Watch examines the viability of the Florida Virtual School as a credible alternative to traditional schooling as regards both student achievement outcomes and cost-effectiveness. Florida Virtual School earned high marks in both."

[|20/20 Report: Costs and Funding of Virtual Schools] Founded in 1983, Augenblick, Palaich and Associates, Inc (APA) is a privately owned company with extensive experience analyzing public education systems and policies. Our mission is to help [|clients] solve problems so they can meet student performance goals and improve the quality, effectiveness, and efficiency of our nation's public schools. We also help our clients understand the fiscal, legal, and policy implications of implementing education reforms, including both short and long-term impacts. Our [|staff] accomplish this mission using a variety of research techniques, including education data analysis, literature reviews, interviews, surveys, panel or focus group discussions, and statistical analyses.



===__ [|Making the Critical Transition to Stable Funding for State Virtual Schools] __**Enrollment in SREB state virtual schools has increased sevenfold since 2005, but few funding models exist that states can use to adequately support their growth. This report calls for state leaders to move beyond annual legislative allotment and provide sustainable, reliable funding that can help state virtual schools meet the increasing academic needs of students.**=== === === === [|Cost Effectiveness of Online Education, Sloan Consortium] Reserach highlights on the cost effectiveness of online education in the higher education space. ===
 * [|K12 Online Learning: A 2008 Follow-up of the Survey of U.S. School District Administrators]**

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"[|Keeping Pace] has several goals. First, it strives to add to the body of knowledge about online education policy and make recommendations for advances. Second, it serves as a reference source for information about programs and policies across the country, for both policymakers and practitioners who are new to online education as well as those who have extensive experience in the field. Third, because there has been so much online education activity in the past year, the report attempts to capture new activity."

=== === === [|National Center for Academic Transformation] NCAT is an independent non-profit organization dedicated to the effective use of information technology to improve student learning outcomes and reduce the cost of higher education. NCAT provides expertise and support to institutions and organizations seeking proven methods for providing more students with the education they need to prosper in today’s economy.  === === === Hot Links to Free Resources [|4Teachers] [|Answers.com] [|Bartley Online Books] [|Bilingual Education] [|Blue Web'n] [|Evalutech] [|Florida Virtual School LIbrary] [|Georgia Encyclopedia] [|Global Classroom] [|Google Books] [|Google Earth] [|Google Maps] [|Google Picasa] [|Google Scholar] [|Google Video] [|Graphic Organizers] [|Internet4Classrooms] [|Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators] [|National Library of Virtual Manipulatives] [|Read, Write, Think] [|Rubistar 4 Teachers] [|Southern Regional Educational Board] [|Subject Toolboxes] [|Teacher Tube] [|Tech Teachers.com] [|The Teachers Cafe] [|Thinkfinity] [|Tools for Teachers] [|Virtual Field Trips]