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Atiles, Julia T.; Dominique-Maikell, Nikole; McKean, Kathleen – Educational Research Quarterly, 2014
The authors investigated the utility and efficacy of using concepts maps as a research tool to assess young children. Pre- and post- concept maps have been used as an assessment and evaluation tool with teachers and with older students, typically children who can read and write; this article summarizes an investigation into the utility of using…
Descriptors: Concept Mapping, Evaluation Methods, Cost Effectiveness, Efficiency
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
Agasisti, Tommaso; Salerno, Carlo – Education Economics, 2007
This study uses Data Envelopment Analysis to evaluate the cost efficiency of 52 Italian public universities. In addition to being one of the first such cost studies of the Italian system, it explicitly takes into account the internal cost structure of institutions' education programs; a task not prevalent in past Data Envelopment Analysis studies…
Descriptors: Universities, Efficiency, Foreign Countries, Cost Effectiveness

Stone, Mary Louise; Thach, Elizabeth – Performance Improvement, 1999
Defines a virtual team as a group of people who are working on the same business issue but are located at different geographic sites and rely mainly on some form of technology to facilitate the work discussion. Discusses benefits of virtual teams, including reduced travel costs and organizational efficiency; defining roles; selecting technology…
Descriptors: Computer Mediated Communication, Cost Effectiveness, Efficiency, Evaluation Methods

Smith, Mary C.; Knab, Karen M. – NASSP Bulletin, 1996
Tools from industrial psychology and business can be designed to help schools select the best teachers. Hiring systems should identify and screen for desirable attitudes, behaviors, and skills; validate the selection process to predict excellence; ensure legal compliance; and eliminate unproductive paperwork. A five-stage application, testing,…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Efficiency, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods

Barrow, michael M. – Economics of Education Review, 1991
Examines the performance of local education authorities in England, using data for a sample of 57 (out of 96) authorities for the period 1980-81 to 1984-85. Uses frontier estimation to estimate a cost frontier, finding efficiency level sensitive to the method used. Calculates costs to be between 4 percent and 16 percent above their frontier level.…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Costs, Efficiency, Elementary Secondary Education
Sanders, John R. – 1990
The Rural Initiative Program funds projects addressing specific rural education problems. Sample projects, chosen both by matching programs to selection criteria and by competition, include: staff development improvement, tele-teaching, expanded rural course offerings, and school-based entrepreneurship. This paper discusses cost analysis…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Efficiency, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods
Pisapia, John – 1994
This research brief describes how to conduct a cost-effectiveness analysis. The first task is to find out if there are differences in the costs of operating program alternatives through the following steps: (1) describing each program alternative and its components and potential benefits; (2) determining the costs of the alternatives by…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Cost Estimates, Decision Making, Efficiency
Ferren, Ann S.; Slavings, Rick – 2000
This monograph describes a variety of approaches to understanding how cost and quality are related and offers analytical tools. The analyses focus on the direct cost of instruction for a course, a course of study, or an academic program and do not include related support services such as the library or academic computing. Following an introductory…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Costs, Curriculum Development, Educational Finance

van Slype, Georges – Multilingua, 1982
It is proposed that assessment of human translation versus machine translation programs use methods and criteria that measure efficiency and cost effectiveness and are efficient and cost-effective in themselves. A variety of methods and criteria are evaluated and discussed. (MSE)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Cost Effectiveness, Efficiency, Evaluation Criteria
Miller, Timothy D. – New Directions for Higher Education, 1994
This article describes the cost-of-quality model used at El Camino College (California), which formally measures the costs associated with process improvement activities. A case study illustrates use of the model in evaluating a new process for reimbursing faculty and staff attending conferences. (DB)
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Efficiency, Evaluation Methods, Formative Evaluation

Maher, William J. – College and Research Libraries, 1982
Proposes two procedures for cost studies of processing of archival and manuscript collections, and describes the results of such studies at the University of Illinois. A description of processing efficiency measurements and of the application of study findings to program operations is also included. (Author/RAA)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Archives, Budgeting, Cost Effectiveness
Ryan, Peter – 1994
On September 30, 1993, Far West Laboratory (FWL) and the California Assessment Collaborative (CAC) sponsored a cost/benefit forum to examine cost-analysis issues associated with the development and implementation of instructionally sound assessment. This report highlights the central ideas addressed at the forum, incorporates the audience…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Costs, Educational Assessment, Educational Finance
Horace Mann Learning Center (ED), Washington, DC. – 1991
Application review is the most important part of the Department of Education's funding process and is designed to ensure that projects are worthwhile and that awards are fair and impartial. The critical step in application review is competitive, objective evaluation by reviewers. This workbook was developed by the Department of Education to…
Descriptors: Budgets, Cost Effectiveness, Efficiency, Elementary Secondary Education
Kantor, Paul B. – 1986
The purpose of this study was to identify the central values and the range of variability for costs associated with selecting and preparing books for microfilm preservation, filming, and maintaining quality control and adequate records. The study was based on data supplied by the libraries at the University of Chicago and Columbia University, the…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Data, Efficiency, Evaluation Methods