School
Finance
Helps countries improve the efficiency, equity, and adequacy of their resources and align their policy priorities with their finances.
Documents and analyzes policies and processes that determine where education resources are focused and how they are distributed.
PROCESS
Collect
Information
Classify
and Analyze
Share
Knowledge
TOOLS AND RESOURCES
Framework
paper
Rubric
Questionnaire
Publications
Ratings
& Data
Engagements
POLICY GOALS
SABER-School Finance collects data on school finance systems and classifies them according to how well they address six essential policy goals:
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1
Ensuring basic conditions for learning |
2
Monitoring learning conditions and outcomes |
3
Overseeing service delivery |
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4
Budgeting with adequate and transparent information |
5
Providing more resources to students who need them |
6
Managing resources efficiently |
OUTCOMES
SABER-SF helps countries orient their school finance systems more efficiently and equitably to achieve education goals. To do so, SABER-SF draws upon international experience and takes stock of countries' specific situations. This approach helps to enable cross-country learning and to foster informed dialogue and decision-making using a structured framework and methodology. In addition, SABER-SF's work enhances the global knowledge base on effective school finance policies.
TOOLS AND RESOURCES
Framework Paper
The framework paper, "What Matters Most for School Finance", surveys the best evidence and experience in the domain and uses that survey to identify the elements of the policy and institutional framework that matter most for improving education outcomes, including learning.
the document
Rubric
Indicators of policy and institutional development, as well as the data source for each indicator, are identified for each domain. A rubric is then developed to combine the indicators to determine ratings of the country's progress within each domain.
the document
Questionnaire
The evidence-based data-collection instrument, a questionnaire survey, is used to collect data for the policy and institutional indicators identified for each domain.
the document
Publications
Several resources organized by domain, including country reports, regional reports and global synthesis, background documents, briefs, and additional publications, are available for use by education policymakers, researchers, partner organizations, school administrators, and teachers alike.
the document
Ratings and Data
The policy information and data gathered through the use of the questionnaire is used to analyze how developed a country's education policies and institutions are, from the perspective of achieving key education goals by domain. This process generates benchmarks of progress in those specific areas against other countries or provinces.
PROCESS
Collect Information
SABER-SF collects data about education finance policies in primary and secondary education using questionnaires for key informants, quantitative inputs, and legal documents.
Classify and Analyze
SABER-SF analyzes information to identify challenges and possible solutions, and classifies countries according to how they fare on core education finance goals.
Share Knowledge
SABER-SF produces comparative data and related country and regional or synthesis reports that diagnose how well a given country's policies are defined and implemented wherever possible.