Cost-Effectiveness Analysis for State and Local Decision Making: An Application to Half-Day and Full-Day Preschool Special Education Programs.

Barnett, W. Steven; Pezzino, James

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ERIC Number: EJ352391

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Publication Date: 1987

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Cost-Effectiveness Analysis for State and Local Decision Making: An Application to Half-Day and Full-Day Preschool Special Education Programs.

Barnett, W. Steven; Pezzino, James

Journal of the Division for Early Childhood, v11 n2 p171-79 1987

A comparison of half-day and full-day intervention programs for handicapped preschoolers evaluated students' scores on a developmental inventory and cost data. Results indicated no differences in the educational outcomes associated with length of day and showed that half-day programs served 60 percent more children than full-day programs with the same budget. (Author/CB)

Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Disabilities, Preschool Education, Program Effectiveness, Program Length, Special Education, Time Factors (Learning)

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative

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Audience: Policymakers

Language: English

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