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Littrell, R. F. – 1973
Computer-assisted instruction (CAI) has not been cost-effective, despite its instructional effectiveness. This financial failure can be attributed to many factors, including: oversell of CAI capabilities, poorly authored content, expensive and unreliable hardware, an educational bureaucracy resistant to innovation, and the decentralized nature of…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Cost Effectiveness, Costs, Program Costs
1969
Selected presentations from the National Conference on Program Planning and Evaluation held in Washington, D.C., March 12-14, 1969 are reported in this mimeographed publication: (1) "Vocational Education: From a World of Stability to a World of Change," by G. Venn, (2) "Staffing the State Department to Meet the Needs of Vocational…
Descriptors: Conference Reports, Cost Effectiveness, Educational Planning, Leadership Training
Maryland State Dept. of Health and Mental Hygiene, Baltimore. – 1973
The workshop was attended by 72 participants representing a variety of health agencies. The disciplines they represented included medicine; nursing, hospital, and public health; psychology; nutrition and dietetics; social work; rehabilitation; occupational, physical, and speech therapy; volunteer and juvenile service work; counseling; training;…
Descriptors: Consumer Education, Cost Effectiveness, Educational Programs, Health Education
Kim, Jin Eun – 1979
Cost-effectiveness/benefit analysis is an analytical technique for assessing outputs of educational programs in relation to the program objectives and the associated program costs. It combines the two concepts of cost-effectiveness analysis and cost-benefit analysis into a comprehensive model. The cost-effectiveness/benefit analysis model has been…
Descriptors: Accountability, Cost Effectiveness, Efficiency, Management by Objectives
Jones, G. Brian; And Others – 1974
This document describes the characteristics of a comprehensive approach to program development in guidance, counseling, placement, and follow-up programs. A comprehensive approach to program development employs a systematic planning model and related process that is derived from the scientific method aimed at development, implementation,…
Descriptors: Career Education, Career Guidance, Cost Effectiveness, Evaluation Methods
van Gigch, John P.; Hill, Richard E. – 1973
This paper describes an effort to implement a cost-effectiveness program using systems analysis in an elementary school district, the Rio Linda Union School District in California. The systems design cycle employed has three phases, policy-making evaluation, and action-implementation. During the first phase, the general philosophy or mission of…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Educational Objectives, Elementary Education, Program Budgeting
Carpenter, Polly – 1971
This conference paper discusses the role of the Planning, Programing, and Budgeting System (PPBS) in planning for educational programs. Proper PPBS analysis includes (1) correct problem definition, (2) consideration of alternative solutions, (3) ascertainment of peripheral effects of the alternatives, and (4) estimations of the cost and…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Educational Planning, Program Budgeting, Program Costs
Chuang, Ying C. – 1972
Under the present practices, the objectives and activities of socially oriented projects have rarely been specified with enough clarity and concreteness. Alternatives have been insufficiently presented for consideration by top management. In a number of cases, the future costs of present decisions have not been laid out systematically enough and…
Descriptors: Budgeting, Cost Effectiveness, Decision Making, Educational Needs
Barber, R. Jerry; Benson, Charles W. – 1972
This paper presents the rationale, techniques, and structure used to develop and implement an evaluation-accountability program for a new regional Education Service Center in Texas. Needs assessment, a critical element in this model, consists of objectively identifying the educational needs of clients and establishing an initial list of…
Descriptors: Accountability, Cost Effectiveness, Decision Making, Education Service Centers
Young, Robert C. – 1972
To better plan and evaluate vocational education programs at the state level, a mathematical formula was evolved for allocating resources to local education agencies (LEA's) which would reflect: (1) manpower needs, (2) vocational education needs, (3) relative ability to pay, and (4) excess costs. A "curricular priority matrix" and a…
Descriptors: Career Development, Cost Effectiveness, Educational Finance, Educational Needs
Abramson, Theodore – 1979
Two major areas of concern to vocational education are cost benefit and job and task analysis. In recent years vocational education has broadened its outlook in terms of general human development, but the historical context of vocational education and concerns for accountability require evaluation of vocational education programs to consider cost…
Descriptors: Accountability, Conference Reports, Cost Effectiveness, Curriculum Development
Giroux, Roger M. – 1973
The rationale, operational framework, and implementation case study of a planning-evaluation model for a medium size school district are discussed. The system defines a management information function in the three components of planning, operations, and evaluation. The relationship among these components is presented in both diagram and narrative…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Cost Effectiveness, Decision Making, Educational Administration