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The Quality Education Model

January 19, 2011

The Quality Education Model, begun in 1999, serves as the foundation for funding decisions about public schools at the state level. Based on solid educational research and practices, Oregon’s Quality Education Model identifies essential characteristics of successful schools and provides useful guidance for districts as they decide how best to allocate resources for students.

• 2010 Quality Education Model Report () - This report from the Quality Education Commission, first released in August 2010, was revised in October 2010 to reflect more recent data and forecasts of state revenue and education funding.
• 2010 Quality Education Model: Best practices improve student achievement (95k ) - Quality Education Model menu.

• Quality Education Commission website - Commission charged with refining the Quality Education Model. 

• What is quality education and what does it cost? - From winter 2003 Critical Issues.