James W. Guthrie

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James W. Guthrie
Co-Founder and Co-Director,
Policy Analysis for California Education

James W. Guthrie is the founder of Management Analysis and Planning, Inc. and now serves as chair of its board. Guthrie is also cofounder and codirector of PACE. Previously a professor at the University of California, Berkeley, he is currently the Patricia and Rodes Hart Professor of Educational Leadership and Policy at Peabody College of Vanderbilt University, and founding director of the Peabody Center for Education Policy. He is past-president of the American Education Finance Association; frequently serves on National Academy of Sciences panels; served as editor-in-chief of the Encyclopedia of American Education; and is series editor of the Peabody Education Leadership Series. He is principal investigator for the National Center on Performance Incentives at Vanderbilt University, and the policy director for the Center for Educator Compensation Reform. Guthrie received his PhD from Stanford University.

updated 1996

Publications by James W. Guthrie
The School Voucher Initiative
On November 2, 1993, Californians will decide whether to amend the California Constitution according to the provisions of the "Parental Choice in Education Initiative," Proposition 174. PACE has undertaken an analysis of the initiative's provisions…
This is the seventh edition of Conditions of Education in California. Since 1984, PACE has endeavored to compile a continuing picture of education in the state by analyzing data about enrollment trends, student achievement, fiscal conditions, human…
Conventionally, educational evaluation has concentrated on measuring individual student achievement, appraising instructional methods and materials, and assessing program perfor­mance. Major issues in the field have been scholarly and methodological…
Many of the major problems faced by California's education system originate outside the schoolhouse walls. Public schools are pinned inside an iron triangle of shifting demographics, declining economics, and intensifying poli­tics. The historic…