Publications

Research & Reports

Research reports
2026 Education policy

Analysis of West Virginia's State School Aid Funding Formula: Recommendations to Enhance Adequace, Fairness, and Efficiency of State Funding for Education

Master, B.K., Phillips, B., Senator, B., Remillard, N., Muggy, L., & Sahoo, S.K.

RAND Corporation

Prepared for the West Virginia House of Delegates, this report provides an independent assessment of the state's school aid funding formula and identifies opportunities for improvement, drawing on prior research, national benchmarks, and analysis of state and national data sets.