Cost Adjustments

Comparable Wage Index Data Files and Documentation

2005 School District CWI	SAS ZIP File (456 KB)	TXT File (3.5 MB)
2005 Labor Market CWI	SAS ZIP File (63 KB)	TXT File (121 KB)
2005 State CWI	Excel ZIP File (10 KB)	TXT File (8 KB)
2005 Regional CWI	Excel ZIP File (4 KB)	TXT File (2 KB)
Documentation for the NCES Comparable Wage Index Data Files

Cost Adjustment Publications

Published Papers on Cost of Education Indices:

• A Comparable Wage Approach to Geographic Cost Adjustment (2006-321) (Authors: Lori L. Taylor and William J. Fowler, Jr.)
  
• Competing Perspectives on the Cost of Education (201 KB)
  (Authors: Lori L. Taylor and Harrison Keller)
  Source: Developments in School Finance: 2001–02 (2003-403)
  
• An Alternative Measure of Inflation in Teacher Salaries (99-334)
  (Author: Dan Goldhaber)
  
• Adjusting for Differences in the Costs of Educational Inputs (99-334)
  (Author: Eric A. Hanushek)

Published Books on Cost Adjustments in Education:

• A Primer for Making Cost Adjustments in Education (2001-323)
  (Authors: William J. Fowler, Jr. and David H. Monk)

Working Papers on Geographic Cost of Education Indices:

• Geographic Variations in Public Schools' Costs (98-04)
  (Author: Jay G. Chambers)
  
• Measuring Inflation in Public School Costs (97-43)
  (Author: Jay G. Chambers)

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