The Budget Analysis and its companion report present a model for education finance reform by looking at state and local funding across functions using the PK-12 state and federal budgets for South Carolina as of August 31, 2003.

• FY-04 Budget Analysis: The S.C. Accountability Act and No Child Left Behind
• Analysis of the S.C. Accountability Act and No Child Left Behind: By Barbara Stock Nielsen 2003

This white paper identifies potential shortcomings in the ability of the state’s school report cards to measure school and school district performance against accountability standards without taking into consideration the effect of poverty on performance.

This paper examines the effects of poverty on performance of South Carolina's Palmetto Achievement Challenge Test (PACT)