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Download full textMcCaughrin, Wendy B.; Rusch, Frank R. – 1990
This study examined the benefits and costs of supported employment programs in Illinois during the first 2 years of operation. Benefits and costs were considered for 394 individuals enrolled in 1987 and 519 individuals enrolled in 1988, from three revenue perspectives: that of society as a whole; that of the supported employees; and that of the…
Descriptors: Adults, Cost Effectiveness, Disabilities, Economic Impact
Utah State Office of Education, Salt Lake City. – 1990
This report describes the educational and economic achievements and challenges of the Utah adult education program in a statistical outline and in a chart format. Section A outlines general achievement information: numbers of Utah adults without a high school diploma; total enrollees; educational achievements (attendance, diploma or passage of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Cost Effectiveness
Utah State Office of Education, Salt Lake City. Applied Technology Education Services. – 1993
Of Utah's 181,428 adults without a high school diploma, 27,770 (14,201 males and 13,569 females) were enrolled in an adult basic education (ABE) or General Educational Development (GED) program in FY 1992-93. Of those persons, 15,238 demonstrated improved basic skills for personal satisfaction and increased self-confidence, 6,492 completed ABE,…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Programs, Cost Effectiveness, Educational Attainment
Kids Count Minnesota, Minneapolis. – 1995
This first annual report of Minnesota KIDS COUNT focuses on key indicators of children's well-being and details the condition of children in each of Minnesota's 87 counties. Minnesota KIDS COUNT--as part of a campaign by Children's Defense Fund-Minnesota and Congregations Concerned for Children to end child poverty in Minnesota--collects,…
Descriptors: Children, Community Programs, Cost Effectiveness, Disadvantaged Environment
Ohio State Dept. of Education, Columbus. – 1975
As a part of Ohio's program review and evaluation of vocational education, the report is concerned with a study of the costs of operating vocational education programs throughout the State. A cost analysis system for secondary level vocational education instructional programs was developed in 1970 and has been restudied each succeeding year. The…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Cost Effectiveness, Data Analysis, Data Collection
Oliphant, Peter S.; And Others – 1985
This monograph, which reports findings from the New Jersey Governor's Council on the Prevention of Mental Retardation, discusses the scope of mental retardation (MR), its causes, identification of people at risk, and prevention methods. The Council cites several cost-effective prevention programs, such as vaccination programs and prenatal care…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Early Childhood Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Etiology
Kentucky State Dept. of Education, Frankfort. Bureau of Education for Exceptional Children. – 1991
This document is a request by the Kentucky Department of Education for state legislation to mandate services and provide new state funding for preschool children aged 3, 4, and 5, with handicaps. Preschool services would include special education (center, home-based, itinerant); speech, physical, and occupational therapies; and other related…
Descriptors: Budgeting, Compliance (Legal), Cost Effectiveness, Costs
PDF pending restorationNorris, Dave N.; King, Christopher T. – 1997
An evaluation was conducted of the Hawaii Food Stamp Employment and Training (FSE&T)/Job Opportunities and Basic Skills Program Conformance Demonstration, known as PRIDE (Positive Response in Developing Employment). The cost component determined impact of the demonstration on costs of administering and providing activity components and support…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Ancillary School Services, Comparative Analysis, Cost Effectiveness
O'Shea, Daniel P.; Norris, Dave N. – 1997
An evaluation was conducted of the Texas Food Stamp Employment and Training(E&T)/Job Opportunities and Basic Skills Program Conformance Demonstration. The cost analysis determined the impact of the demonstration, the BOND (Better Opportunities for New Directions) program, on costs of administering and providing activity components and support…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Ancillary School Services, Comparative Analysis, Cost Effectiveness
New York State Education Dept., Albany. Div. of Continuing Education. – 1983
An examination of data pertaining to the participation of adult residents of New York in the Adult Literacy Education Program during 1981-82 revealed that many of the 85,400 adults served by the program moved from being illiterate and unemployed or on welfare to being employed and independent of public assistance. The majority of those…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Programs
Oklahoma State Dept. of Education, Oklahoma City. Office of Accountability. – 1994
This report is a graphic presentation of teacher and student information, revenue and expenditure data, test results, and other student outcomes for each public school district. The indicators in the district report reflect the increased student enrollment (594,326) and staff (38,290) in 1993, as well as the new cost accounting system used by the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Accountability, Achievement Gains, Achievement Tests
PDF pending restorationUtah State Office of Education, Salt Lake City. Applied Technology Education Services. – 1993
During FY 1992-93, Utah's adult education program served 19,863 adults aged 18 years and older and 3,377 students aged 17 years and under. Adult basic education (ABE) programs served at least 7,335 adults in 27 of the state's 40 school districts and in correctional facilities, applied technology centers, the Salt Lake Skills Center, and several…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Community Colleges, Correctional Education
Sherman, Joel D. – 1986
By focusing attention on comparative state performance in educating students, the Wall Chart (State Education Statistics, 1983) forced policymakers to consider state differences in student populations and the consequences of these differences for the outcomes of state systems of education. This paper presents the results of a study that attempted…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cost Effectiveness, Cost Indexes, Disabilities
