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Yates, Brian T. – New Directions for Evaluation, 2012
The value of a program can be understood as referring not only to outcomes, but also to how those outcomes compare to the types and amounts of resources expended to produce the outcomes. Major potential mistakes and biases in assessing the worth of resources consumed, as well as the value of outcomes produced, are explored. Most of these occur…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Cost Effectiveness, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Problems
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Windham, Douglas M. – International Journal of Educational Research, 1988
Topics related to the identification and use of effectiveness indicators in the economic analysis of education are discussed. These topics include the relation between economic concepts and educational production; the economic concept of utility; and the nature and use of input, process, output, and outcome indicators. (TJH)
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Educational Assessment, Educational Economics, Elementary Secondary Education
Darabi, A. Aubteen; Nelson, David W.; Mackal, Melissa C. – Performance Improvement Quarterly, 2004
The measure of performance improvement potential (Gilbert, 1978) in human performance technology uses an exemplary performance as a criterion against which to measure the potential improvement in the performance of a workforce. The measure is calculated based on the performance efficiency which compares expended resources to productivity. The same…
Descriptors: Formative Evaluation, Performance Technology, Computer Assisted Testing, Instructional Effectiveness