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District of Columbia Public Schools, Washington, DC. Div. of Quality Assurance. – 1985
The Education Consolidation and Improvement Act (ECIA) Chapter 2 Evaluation Unit provides program evaluation and evaluation technical services for designated ECIA Chapter 2 projects in the District of Columbia Public Schools. This report examines the status of inputs, processes, and outcomes, intended and observed, of the Evaluation Unit during…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Utilization
Leithwood, Kenneth; Aitken, Robert; Jantzi, Doris – 2001
Strategic planning, accountability, and restructuring efforts often exacerbate targeted problems because the accurate information required for success is unavailable. This document offers a model monitoring system for utilizing important information by schools and districts. Part 1, "Basic Assumptions About Schools and Districts," explores how…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Educational Improvement, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods
District of Columbia Public Schools, Washington, DC. Div. of Quality Assurance. – 1985
With the enactment of the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act (ECIA) of 1981, private, nonprofit schools were rendered eligible to participate on an equitable basis in federally funded school programs. During the 1982-83 school year (the first year of ECIA Chapter 2) 44 private, nonprofit schools in the District of Columbia elected to…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Federal Legislation, Federal Programs
Download full textSmith, Jana K. – 1984
The second of two related pamphlets, this guide describes how to design an outcome study and outlines procedures for collecting outcome data. After an introduction that delineates the purpose of the two-part series, the pamphlet is divided into four major sections. The first section explains how to select a cost-outcome analysis. The next three…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Educational Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods
Smith, Jana K. – 1984
The first of two related pamphlets, this guide provides information on how to conduct cost-outcome analyses, with an emphasis on measuring costs. After an introduction that delineates the purpose of the two-part series, the pamphlet is divided into six major sections. The first section, "definitions and rationale," introduces…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Cost Estimates, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods
Milam, John H., Jr. – 2000
This paper presents a complex, hybrid, method of cost analysis of online courses, which incorporates data on expenditures; student/course enrollment; departmental consumption/contribution; space utilization/opportunity costs; direct non-personnel costs; computing support; faculty/staff workload; administrative overhead at the department, dean, and…
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Cost Effectiveness, Distance Education, Educational Technology
