Weighted-Student Funding Preferred by Educators, Study Finds

Allocating money to schools using a “student based” or “weighted student” formula requires more work for both central-office officials and school-level employees than traditional methods do, a new study has found.

But the report on the use of the funding formula in the San Francisco and Oakland, Calif., school districts says most educators preferred to use a weighted system.

The report , released this month by the Washington-based American Institutes for Research, also found that the funding method did in fact help direct more dollars toward students who need more resources, such as English-language learners...