Michigan School Funding Up, Results Flat

Michigan School Funding Up, Results Flat [Michigan Capitol Confidential]:
"Michigan School Funding Up, Results Flat
State spent $7,500 per pupil in 1972, over $12,000 today

Michigan per-pupil spending and SAT scores.
Overall, Michigan school spending has increased significantly over the past few decades, but test scores have remained relatively flat.

A new study from the Cato Institute, using information from the National Center for Education Statistics, found Michigan saw a large increase in spending with few apparent educational benefits.
"Inflation-adjusted per pupil spending in Michigan rose dramatically from 1972 to 2009 — going from $7,500 to over $12,000 in today's dollars. 
That's a 70 percent increase," said Andrew Coulson, director of Cato's Center for Educational Freedom and author of the study.
"Over that same period, the state's academic achievement rose by less than 1 percent.
It's hard to look at those numbers and not be disappointed.""