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Direct linkEvans, David K.; Ghosh, Arkadipta – RAND Corporation, 2008
Poor countries need development programs that are both effective and cost-effective. To assess effectiveness, researchers are increasingly using randomized trials (or quasi-experimental methods that imitate randomized trials), which provide a clear picture of which outcomes are attributable to the program being evaluated. This "Policy Insight"…
Descriptors: Intervention, Economically Disadvantaged, Program Effectiveness, Cost Effectiveness
Download full textEducation Commission of the States (NJ3), 2010
This issue of "The Progress of Education Reform" summarizes recent research that may challenge conventional wisdom on how and where public resources for postsecondary education should be dedicated in an effort to increase college completion rates. Questions to be examined include: (1) How did changes in enrollments and the allocation of resources…
Descriptors: Expenditures, Higher Education, Community Colleges, Academic Persistence
