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Robert C. Lorenz; Mirjam Jenny; Anja Jacobs; Katja Matthias – Research Synthesis Methods, 2024
Conducting high-quality overviews of reviews (OoR) is time-consuming. Because the quality of systematic reviews (SRs) varies, it is necessary to critically appraise SRs when conducting an OoR. A well-established appraisal tool is A Measurement Tool to Assess Systematic Reviews (AMSTAR) 2, which takes about 15-32 min per application. To save time,…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Time Management, Evaluation Methods, Quality Assurance
Siegal, Kim M. – American Journal of Evaluation, 2022
Social return on investment (SROI), an evaluation method that compares monetized social value generated to costs invested, is in ascendance. Conceptually akin to cost-benefit analysis, it shares some of its challenges; however, these are heightened due to the expressed promise of using SROI to compare programs and inform philanthropic and public…
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Cost Effectiveness, Decision Making, Entrepreneurship
J. Srikanth Reddy; Ritu Sharma; Narain Gupta – International Journal of Educational Management, 2024
Purpose: The present paper concerns the domestic and international accreditations of business schools to find the commonalities in various accreditation standards. The study also addresses cost involvement and comparisons between various accreditations. Design/methodology/approach: The research examined the requirements, methods and preparations…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Business Schools, Accreditation (Institutions), Standards
Paquot, Magali; Rubin, Rachel; Vandeweerd, Nathan – Language Learning, 2022
The main objective of this Methods Showcase Article is to show how the technique of adaptive comparative judgment, coupled with a crowdsourcing approach, can offer practical solutions to reliability issues as well as to address the time and cost difficulties associated with a text-based approach to proficiency assessment in L2 research. We…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Decision Making, Language Proficiency, Reliability
Anthony Dewees; K. Yasin; A. M. Cetina – Education Development Center, Inc., 2022
As with the responses to the COVID-19 crisis, technology has a critical role to play in enhancing the resiliency of education systems. The urgency of developing responses highlighted the limitations and consequences of a technological solution that is not complemented with supportive policy and investments in capacity for all the actors:…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Educational Practices, Resilience (Psychology), Technology Uses in Education
Belfield, Clive R.; Brooks Bowden, A.; Shand, Robert S. – Policy Analysis for California Education, PACE, 2021
California's school system is under tremendous long-run fiscal pressure; allocating resources efficiently is therefore paramount. Economic analysis--making sure districts and schools are spending their budgets wisely--is the method used to identify effectiveness and efficiency. This method responds to the question educational professionals face:…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Decision Making, Economic Research, Elementary Secondary Education
Loofe, Christopher M. – ProQuest LLC, 2016
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the degree to which the Selective Abandonment budget process objectives were achieved by analyzing stakeholder perceptions. Use of this evaluation may enable the district to become more effective, efficient, and more fiscally responsible when developing future program budgeting plans. Program evaluation was…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Program Budgeting, Stakeholders, School Districts
Bursens, P., Ed.; Donche, V., Ed.; Gijbels, D., Ed.; Spooren, P., Ed. – Springer, 2018
This volume brings together both political and educational scientists. While educational research literature has so far not systematically addressed the tool of simulations of decision-making, political scientists have hardly used insights from research on assessment or on motivation and interest of students. Almost all political science…
Descriptors: Simulation, Decision Making, Political Science, Educational Research
American Institutes for Research, 2015
Deciding whether and how to use assessments to evaluate students' social and emotional (SE) knowledge, attitudes, and skills requires the development and critical appraisal of an assessment plan. At the state, district, and school levels, education leaders and staff can benefit from reviewing best practices and using a structured format to arrive…
Descriptors: Social Development, Emotional Development, Knowledge Level, Student Attitudes
American Institutes for Research, 2015
Education in the 21st century is awakening to a call for students who are not only proficient with academic content but who also have developed the social and emotional (SE) knowledge, attitudes, and skills that are necessary for success in college and careers. This brief refers to that combination of knowledge, attitudes, and skills as SE…
Descriptors: Social Development, Emotional Development, Knowledge Level, Student Attitudes
American Institutes for Research, 2015
Assessing individuals' social and emotional (SE) knowledge, attitudes, and skills is a complex task. It requires careful consideration of the assessment purpose, rigor, practicality, burden, and ethics. Once you have considered these factors and have determined that you are, in fact, "Ready to Assess," you are ready to act and choose an…
Descriptors: Social Development, Emotional Development, Knowledge Level, Student Attitudes
Stuebing, Karla K.; Fletcher, Jack M.; Branum-Martin, Lee; Francis, David J. – School Psychology Review, 2012
This study used simulation techniques to evaluate the technical adequacy of three methods for the identification of specific learning disabilities via patterns of strengths and weaknesses in cognitive processing. Latent and observed data were generated and the decision-making process of each method was applied to assess concordance in…
Descriptors: Simulation, Learning Disabilities, Efficiency, Psychometrics
Chung-Herrera, Beth G.; Krentler, Kathleen A. – Online Journal of Distance Learning Administration, 2008
This article addresses critical issues for consideration when deciding whether an MBA program should go online. First, background information on various types of distance learning is provided followed by a discussion regarding research on the effectiveness of online courses. Pertinent contextual issues such as alignment of goals, technology, and…
Descriptors: Masters Programs, Business Administration Education, Distance Education, Educational Technology

Watson, Ken – Canadian Journal of Program Evaluation/La Revue canadienne d'evaluation de programme, 1995
This brief discussion considers some of the techniques, especially graphic techniques, that are part of the "tool kit" for sensitivity analysis, using sensitivity analysis in a hospital's cost-benefit decision as an example. Sensitivity analysis is helpful in exploring the deterministic agency in decision making. (SLD)
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Decision Making, Evaluation Methods, Models
VanDerHeyden, Amanda M.; Witt, Joseph C.; Gilbertson, Donna – Journal of School Psychology, 2007
The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of implementation of a systematic response to intervention (RTI) model on the identification and evaluation of children for special education. Using a multiple baseline design, a systematic model of assessment and intervention was introduced in consecutive years for all elementary schools (N =…
Descriptors: Training Methods, Identification, Cost Effectiveness, Special Education