Recovery and Beyond: Using Research to Support Education Finance Leaders

On June 27, 2022, the National Center for Education Research (NCER) in the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) convened a technical working group (TWG) panel of experts on education finance policy, including state- and district-level education finance professionals, researchers, and consultants. The goal of the TWG was to better understand the current and future landscape around education finance and to identify actions IES can take to support research that addresses the needs of decision makers at state and local education agencies. The discussion was centered around the following four areas: 1) pressing issues in education finance that need to be studied, 2) existing research and new opportunities, 3) supporting research that informs the work of state and local education finance leaders, and 4) equity in education finance.