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Elise T. Pas; Chelsea A. K. Duran; Katrina J. Debnam; Catherine P. Bradshaw – Grantee Submission, 2022
A growing body of research documents the positive impacts of teacher coaching, but research contrasting the effectiveness of different coaching approaches is limited. This study contrasted paired coaching -- delivered to two teachers simultaneously -- with traditional coaching for individual in-service teachers. We examined the effects of these…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Efficiency, Coaching (Performance), Cooperative Learning
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Prakhov, Ilya – Tertiary Education and Management, 2017
This paper examines the prevalence and the costs of pre-entry coaching programs before and after the introduction of the Unified State Examination in Russia. The efficiency of private tutoring under the new standardized university admission procedures is estimated. It is argued that the main types of pre-entry coaching are still in demand, however…
Descriptors: Incidence, Investment, Coaching (Performance), Efficiency
Almeida, Cheryl; Steinberg, Adria; Santos, Janet – Jobs For the Future, 2013
Almost 7 million young Americans (age 16-24) are insufficiently attached to school or work. Based on conservative estimates, we can generate over $1 billion just by helping a mere 0.1 percent earn a high school credential and complete their first year of college through Back on Track Designs. This brief lays out the cost of setting up these GED-…
Descriptors: Continuation Students, High School Equivalency Programs, Transitional Programs, Cost Effectiveness
Bruininks, Robert H.; And Others – 1990
This study merged and expanded data from two research databases containing information on former students with mental retardation ranging from mild (N=34) to moderate (N=78) to severe (N=86). Data were obtained from the "Benefit-Cost Evaluation Project" and the "Post School Transition Project." The subjects came from different…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Education Work Relationship, Efficiency, Environmental Influences
Leonard, Henry A.; Winkler, John D.; Hove, Anders; Ettedgui, Emile; Shanley, Michael G.; Sollinger, Jerry – 2001
The U.S. Army is in the process of implementing the Army Distance Learning Program, which is intended to improve training effectiveness and efficiency by substituting distance learning (DL) for portions of its current resident instruction program. To determine the potential effectiveness of DL in delivering military training, 25% of the resident…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Comparative Analysis, Conventional Instruction, Cost Effectiveness