Does the Arkansas equalization plan equalize

The problem of equalizing educational opportunity through provision for an adjusted financial burden has received large attention during the past few years. Thirty-seven states today have some plan of equalizing the burden of school support. Most of these plans involve the principle of equal effort on the part of all taxing districts with the added provision of the state providing the sum necessary to add to the amount raised by the local districts in order to finance the minimum educational program common to all districts. The above proposals have found common favor with educators and most state legislatures. The time has now come when the results of the plan in operation should be studied sympathetically and intelligently to discover if the scheme has worked out in practice in accordance with its theory. The following study by Mr. J. R. Meaders, Supt. of Schools at Lewisville, Arkansas, is an attempt to appraise the results of the Arkansas equalizational program. This program has been in effect for four years

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