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Download full textPaul T. von Hippel; Laura Bellows – Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University, 2020
At least sixteen US states have taken steps toward holding teacher preparation programs (TPPs) accountable for teacher value-added to student test scores. Yet it is unclear whether teacher quality differences between TPPs are large enough to make an accountability system worthwhile. Several statistical practices can make differences between TPPs…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Teacher Education Programs, Scores, Accountability
Peer reviewedBerry, Linda; Brown, Marilyn A. – Evaluation and Program Planning, 1995
In many evaluations, presenting probability distributions of cost-effectiveness results offers a convenient way to show the likelihood of various conclusions given the uncertainties in the inputs. The techniques presented in this paper should be useful for many programs characterized by controversy over perspectives, assumptions, and dollar…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Energy Conservation, Evaluation Methods, Probability
Peer reviewedWatson, Ken, Ed.; And Others – Canadian Journal of Program Evaluation/La Revue canadienne d'evaluation de programme, 1997
The seven articles in this edition show that cost-benefit analysis is emerging from the confusion of the 1980s and is probably going to become the central tool of program evaluation in the future. The modern approach involves incorporating probability distributions into the cost-benefit analysis. None of the articles are specifically…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Economic Impact, Evaluation Methods, Foreign Countries
