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Using Benefit-Cost Analysis in Special Education.
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Lewis, Darrell R.; And Others – Exceptional Children, 1988
Using data from 28 mildly retarded high-school graduates, the economic costs and outcomes resulting from special education services were determined. Results indicated that with appropriately identified, measured, and valued costs and benefits, it is possible to employ a formal benefit-cost framework to assess the efficiency of special education…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Cost Estimates, Educational Economics, Efficiency