Positive Effects of Court-Ordered Finance Reforms

 
   This study provides new evidence about the effect of court-ordered finance 
   reforms that took place between 1989 and 2010 on per-pupil revenues 
   and graduation rates. 

   Seven years after reform, the highest poverty quartile 
   in a treated state experienced an 11.5 percent to 12.1 percent 
   increase in per-pupil spending, and a 6.8 to 11.5 percentage point 
   increase in graduation rates.