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Download full textRogers, Donald D. – 1972
While the demand for increased educational productivity is clear, the methods for achieving it are largely undetermined. Cost effectiveness techniques have proved to be valuable tools for commercial organizations, but the relevance to educational problems is less than clear. Theory suggests that these techniques can be useful for dealing with…
Descriptors: Accountability, Cost Effectiveness, Educational Technology, Evaluation Methods
A Cost-Effectiveness/Benefit Analysis Model for Postsecondary Vocational Programs. Technical Report.
Kim, Jin Eun – 1977
A cost-effectiveness/benefit analysis is defined as a technique for measuring the outputs of existing and new programs in relation to their specified program objectives, against the costs of those programs. In terms of its specific use, the technique is conceptualized as a systems analysis method, an evaluation method, and a planning tool for…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods, Mathematical Models
Ghazalah, I. A. – 1978
A localized system for the evaluation of investment in vocational education in Ohio is described in this four part manual. Following an instruction introduction to the manual, part II provides a description of the analytical framework for this system. Vocational education is analyzed as an investment and an explanation of the criteria used in the…
Descriptors: Computer Programs, Cost Effectiveness, Economic Factors, Evaluation Criteria
Kim, Jin Eun – 1977
This manual is basically designed as a self-instructional guide by which postsecondary vocational administrators and educators can conduct cost-effectiveness/benefit studies. (Cost-effectiveness/benefit analysis is an evaluation technique which can be used for assessing outcomes of existing and/or new programs in relation to their specified…
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Cost Effectiveness, Educational Objectives, Evaluation Criteria
Education Turnkey Systems, Inc., Washington, DC. – 1975
This summary of the 1973-74 Michigan Cost-Effectiveness Study describes the results of an exploratory inquiry into compensatory education reading programs in forty-eight Michigan schools. The study is said to have as its purpose the development and implementation of evaluation techniques to determine what educational practices bring about changes…
Descriptors: Accountability, Compensatory Education, Cost Effectiveness, Costs
Michigan State Dept. of Education, Lansing. Research, Evaluation, and Assessment Services. – 1976
A description of the 1974-75 Michigan Cost-Effectiveness Study and its findings is provided in this study. The present study is restricted to compensatory education reading programs. Its purpose is the development of the analytical techniques reflected in the cost-effectiveness model. A purpose of the study is the investigation of the direction of…
Descriptors: Accountability, Compensatory Education, Cost Effectiveness, Educational Policy
