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Stoneberg, Bert D. – Practical Assessment, Research & Evaluation, 2015
Public school critics often point to rising expenditures and relatively flat test scores to justify their school reform agendas. The claims are flawed because their analyses fail to account for the difference in data types between dollars (ratio) and test scores (interval). A cost-benefit analysis using dollars as a common metric for both costs…
Descriptors: Public Education, Cost Effectiveness, Input Output Analysis, Educational Policy
Bennett, Daniel L.; Lucchesi, Adam R.; Vedder, Richard K. – Center for College Affordability and Productivity (NJ1), 2010
During the 2008-2009 academic year, there were nearly 1.8 million students enrolled at more than 2,800 for-profit institutions of higher learning in the United States. Students in for-profit colleges and universities accounted for over 9% of all students enrolled in postsecondary education. The numbers have continued to grow, and today (2010) the…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Educational Opportunities, Schools, Economics