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Cost-Utility Analysis in Educational Needs Assessment
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Ross, John A. – Evaluation and Program Planning, 2008
Educational needs assessments (hereafter NAs) are inattentive to cost considerations and are frequently dominated by elite stakeholder groups. In this article I make a case for adopting a cost-utility approach, illustrating the argument with data generated in a NA of central library services in a Canadian school district. Using survey data from…
Descriptors: Educational Needs, Program Evaluation, Needs Assessment, Library Services