LITTLE THINGS MEAN A LOT

Levin views Clune's ''The Shift From Equity to Adequacy'' as a provocative contribution to the policy questions on educational adequacy. Although in agreement with much of the overall concept, Levin identifies potential problems with a number of the details of the plan. He argues that we lack the knowledge base at present to operationalize high minimum outcomes. Also, we do not know enough about the relationship between resources and outcomes to determine the cost of achieving desired outcomes. Last, we have not decided what mix of outcomes we wish to achieve or how to achieve those outcomes in a consistent or systematic way.