Six weeks after Gov. Ted Strickland unveiled his "child-centered, evidenced-based" school-funding proposal, the administration has released a 37-page bibliography identifying where his strategies originated.

Lawmakers, educators and others had requested the information in an effort to evaluate the governor's plan.

Strickland's two-year education plan calls for all-day kindergarten statewide, smaller class sizes, increased professional development for teachers and staffing requirements for counselors, nurses and administrative personnel.

Much of the governor's plan was derived from an evidenced-based education model put together by academics Allan Odden and Lawrence Picus.

Strickland took that model which called for all-day kindergarten and tutoring for struggling students among other components and coupled it with ideas generated from other research and suggestions from education stakeholders.

Strickland spokeswoman Amanda Wurst said "the document is representative of the research considered over the past two years while the governor and his staff were putting together this transformed system of education for Ohio."

In addition to the research, ideas were generated from the administration's conversations with education advocates and public forums held across the state, she said.

Among the reports Strickland relied on were several conducted during previous administrations including The Blue Ribbon Commission on School Finance completed in 1986 under Democratic Gov. Richard F. Celeste and the 2005 Blue Ribbon Task Force on Financing Student Success under Republican Gov. Bob Taft.

Several international reports also were noted: an article on creativity and innovation done by professors and the University of Western Cape, South Africa; a 2003 study by Finland's Ministry of Education on attracting and retaining effective teachers; and a report, Nurturing Every Child, by Singapore's Ministry of Education.

ccandisky@dispatch.com