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Hollands, Fiona; Bowden, A. Brooks; Belfield, Clive; Levin, Henry M.; Cheng, Henan; Shand, Robert; Pan, Yilin; Hanisch-Cerda, Barbara – Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 2014
In this article, we perform cost-effectiveness analysis on interventions that improve the rate of high school completion. Using the What Works Clearinghouse to select effective interventions, we calculate cost-effectiveness ratios for five youth interventions. We document wide variation in cost-effectiveness ratios between programs and between…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, High School Graduates, Intervention, Graduation Rate
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Quinn, Bill; And Others – Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 1984
Two approaches to math instruction were compared in the fifth grade of the Jordan (Utah) School District. For middle- to lower-socioeconomic-status (SES) pupils, the Goal-Based Educational Management System Proficiency Mathematics approach was substantially more cost-effective. For high-SES pupils, a more traditional text-oriented approach was…
Descriptors: Aptitude Treatment Interaction, Comparative Analysis, Cost Effectiveness, Elementary School Mathematics