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Saxon, D. Patrick – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2017
Developmental education is often criticized for its expense. Some believe that it represents a failure of secondary education and is, therefore, a redundant expense. Others believe that developmental education serves a vital role in preparing students for college and is, therefore, a necessary expense. This article provides a review of the…
Descriptors: Literature Reviews, Cost Effectiveness, Developmental Programs, Input Output Analysis

Becker, Brian E. – Personnel Psychology, 1989
Critiques of conventional models for evaluating the utility of organizational human resource policies. Questions the implicit assumption that utilities are invariant across changing labor market conditions, and concludes that omission of these considerations overstates the likely utility of the programs being evaluated. (TE)
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Human Resources, Input Output Analysis, Labor Market

Waters, Teresa M. – Topics in Language Disorders, 1998
Discusses issues that arise when conducting costs analyses for child language-disorder treatments. Clinicians are urged to recognize the importance of cost-effectiveness studies to maintain control over the integrity of the studies and ensure that responsible decisions are made regarding the development and use of treatments and technologies.…
Descriptors: Accountability, Children, Cost Effectiveness, Cost Estimates
Schnoring, Thomas – 1989
The telecommunications sector is characterized by massive structural changes due to changes in technology as well as in the regulatory environment. Research and development activities become more and more important for the development of the industry as they determine the competitive position of firms and nations to a large extent. Both the…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Competition, Cost Effectiveness, Developed Nations

Fox, William F. – Journal of Education Finance, 1981
Reviews size economies research and concludes, among other things, that the cost curve is usually U-shaped, but all findings must be applied cautiously and with full recognition of the unique characteristics of each place. (Author/JM)
Descriptors: Capital Outlay (for Fixed Assets), Consolidated Schools, Cost Effectiveness, Educational Quality
Geske, Terry G. – Executive Review, 1981
To help administrators improve school efficiency in a time of financial constraints, this document reviews research on school productivity, points out possible improvements suggested by the research, and discusses several problems in measuring school costs and effectiveness. The author first explains the analytical concepts of school productivity,…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Cost Effectiveness, Elementary Secondary Education, Input Output Analysis
Carpenter-Huffman, Polly – 1980
Cost effectiveness of on-the-job training (OJT) can be determined by measures of effectiveness and by cost assessing the relationship between output and input. Defining effectiveness to be a measure of what an activity produces leaves two main groups of problems unresolved: hierarchies of effectiveness and multiple outcomes. The most significant…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Educational Assessment, Input Output Analysis, On the Job Training
Orlansky, Jesse – 1985
Flight simulators, computer-based instruction (including both computer-assisted and computer-managed instruction), and maintenance training simulators are as effective, when used for training, as aircraft, conventional classroom instruction, and actual equipment, respectively. Data from about 100 studies are reported to support this finding. These…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Managed Instruction, Computer Simulation, Cost Effectiveness
Metcalf, David H. – 1985
A partial survey of the literature on the economics of vocational training reveals three important lessons on how evaluations may be undertaken using data on pay, inputs, and outputs. The first lesson is that social, corporate, and private returns to vocational training in developing countries appear to be high enough to justify expanding training…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Developing Nations, Economic Research, Education Work Relationship
ERIC Clearinghouse on Educational Management, Eugene, OR. – 1982
The movement toward school consolidation was triggered by James Bryant Conant's contention that larger schools are more efficient and offer more comprehensive programs. Many studies seem to support the claim that larger schools are cheaper to operate. Yet problems with these studies include wide variation in the minimum, optimum, and maximum sizes…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Comprehensive Programs, Consolidated Schools, Cost Effectiveness
Annetta, Lenn – Online Journal of Distance Learning Administration, 2004
Is the money allocated to institutional distance education getting the results on the back end in terms of student achievement? A literature review of cost analysis studies on distance education is presented with three themes factored out from those studies: Costs (Institutional and student costs), Reach, and Richness (cost to the student). A…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Literature Reviews, Academic Achievement, Cost Effectiveness
Bilow, Scott – 1986
The relationship between the costs of schooling and the size of school districts is discussed. The first section of this paper provides a critical survey of what economists have written about economies of scale and questions whether bigger is really cheaper or more efficient, as is generally found in commercial endeavors. The second section…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Case Studies, Cost Effectiveness, Educational Economics
Rossmiller, Richard A.; And Others – 1979
Cost, resource utilization, and productivity were studied in 41 elementary schools using Individually Guided Education (IGE) and in 15 matched pairs of IGE and non-IGE schools. Instructional expenditures in IGE and non-IGE schools did not differ significantly. However, IGE teachers devoted significantly more time to individual instruction. A…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cost Effectiveness, Educational Resources, Elementary Education