Developing a School Finance System for K 12 Reform in Qatar

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Developing a

School Finance System

for K--12 Reform

in Qatar

Cassandra M. Guarino

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Titus Galama

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Louay Constant

Gabriella Gonzalez

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Jeffery C. Tanner

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Charles A. Goldman

Prepared for the Supreme Education Council

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Developing a school finance system for K¨C12 reform in Qatar / Cassandra M. Guarino

... [et al.].

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Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN 978-0-8330-4655-0 (pbk. : alk. paper)

1. Education¡ªQatar¡ªFinance. 2. Educational change¡ªQatar.

I. Guarino, Cassandra M.

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Preface

In 2001, the leaders of the Arabian Gulf nation of Qatar embarked on a

process to reform its K¨C12 education system. A highlight of that system

was the establishment of government-funded Independent schools that

operate under a new governance structure and in parallel with Ministry of Education schools. RAND Education worked with Qatar on the

design and implementation of the reform, called Education for a New

Era. This work is reported in a RAND monograph: Dominic Brewer et

al., Education for a New Era: Design and Implementation of K¨C12 Education Reform in Qatar, MG-548-QATAR.

In 2004, the Supreme Education Council, in its role as overseer

of the reform and of Independent schools, asked RAND to assess the

progress and performance of new Independent schools and determine

how well the reform is working. One aspect of the assessment was an

analysis of school ?nance relating to the reform e?orts. This monograph documents ?ndings from the study and discusses funding and

expenditures in the planning and start-up phases of the reform, evaluates the overall e?ectiveness of the new ?nance system, and provides

modeling tools that can be used to determine funding levels and projected costs in future years. This monograph contains information and

analysis of interest not only to the nation of Qatar but also to education

policymakers, scholars, and practitioners as well as the wider public

elsewhere, in particular in the Gulf States, which share many of the

features characteristic of Qatar.

More detailed information about the reform can be found at

Qatar¡¯s Supreme Education Council Web site: .qa

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