A discussion of how cost-effectiveness analysis provides a conceptual framework for analyzing the cost and effectiveness of educational programs. (Author)

Recently the public has grown increasingly verbal, through its elected representatives, in demanding some evidence of the effectiveness and efficiency of the institutions of higher education. This has resulted in tighter restrictions on the educational dollar, causing most administrators to look for ways to become efficient as well as effective in…

A basic look at zero base budgeting and some of the reasons for its use in education. (Author)

Systemwide program budgeting, resource allocation, and evaluation are inconsistent with local control over the design and implementation of educational programs. (HMD)

Although the planning-programming-budgeting system (PPBS) has its limitations, it should be used in evaluating community service programs. (DC)

Authors explain the importance of Program Planning and Budgeting Systems and how occupational program managers can use this technique in education. (Editor)

The importance of fiscal management and its reflection in the administrative program (placement of emphasis, priorities in long range planning, and activities that need developing) is reviewed in this report. Guidelines are provided for (1) cost analysis in education budgets; (2) purposes of budgets; (3) types of budgets (Planning Programming…

Cost-effectiveness/benefit analysis is an analytical technique for assessing outputs of educational programs in relation to the program objectives and the associated program costs. It combines the two concepts of cost-effectiveness analysis and cost-benefit analysis into a comprehensive model. The cost-effectiveness/benefit analysis model has been…

The knowledge, skills, and attitudes necessary for an administrator, who is an evaluation layman, to design an educational evaluation system are presented. Five aspects of an evaluation project are investigated: (1) the need for sound, clearly articulated, and current research to serve as a framework for evaluation; (2) the essential features of a…

Author gives some indications that PPBS can be a useful tool in promoting efficiency and accountability. (Author)

Article is an outgrowth of two conference presentations by the author at the Regional Seminar on Financing and Cost of Education in Central America and Panama, Guatemala City, Guatemala, September 6-11, 1971. (RJ)

This paper identifies the curricular-instructional implications of PPBS. The author (1) describes the purposes of PPBS, (2) proposes a feasible implementation strategy for local schools, (3) identifies potential pitfalls that should be avoided, (4) formulates a possible role description for supervisors, (5) identifies local schools using PPBS, and…

Reviews the basic rationale and elements of Planning, Programing, Budgeting Systems (PPBS) and discusses the value of PPBS as an administrative control system for implementing educational policy. (JG)