著者

押上 玲奈

出版者

東京大学

雑誌

東京大学大学院教育学研究科紀要 (ISSN:13421050)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.44, pp.359-367, 2005-03-10

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The issues of educational adequacy have been in controversy for more than a decade in the United States. Around the 1990s, the primary concept of school finance has moved away from equity to adequacy both in the litigations and policy-makings. This paper reviews the history of the conceptual shift from equity to adequacy in school finance, explores the definition of educational adequacy, and deliberates four approaches to estimate the necessary and sufficient costs to achieve adequate education in practice. In conclusion, despite the policy attempts to achieve adequacy, there is still a gap between the adequacy-based policy approachs and the adequacy idea which faithfully addressees the students who are not receiving the education they should have.