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Lewis, Darrell R.; Wasescha, Anna M. – 1987
A conceptual framework for considering the costs and benefits of postsecondary education assessment is presented, along with a typology linking the costs of evaluation to their informational benefits. A number of cost-analysis paradigms and techniques for assessing alternative evaluation projects at the institutional level are also examined. The…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Educational Assessment, Postsecondary Education, Program Costs
Lewis, Darrell R.; And Others – Education and Training in Mental Retardation, 1993
Procedures are outlined for employing a resource components approach to collect and report cost information on training and supported employment programs for adults with developmental disabilities. Examination of the costs of 41 Minnesota programs indicates that costs are functionally related to different consumer and program factors. (Author/JDD)
Descriptors: Adults, Data Collection, Developmental Disabilities, Program Costs
Smith, Jana K. – 1985
Streamlining involves the modification of cost-analysis methods to make them more appropriate for the limited time and resources, and immediate information needs, of local-level program evaluations. It can also enhance the reliability and validity of district-level studies. A review of existing texts of cost analysis and of studies of traditional…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Educational Resources, Efficiency, Elementary Secondary Education
Palola, Ernest G.; And Others – 1977
This handbook is a "how to do it" set of definitions, instruments, and procedures based on program effectiveness and related costs (PERC) evaluation at Empire State College (Saratoga Springs, New York) and four other cooperating institutions. The handbook focuses first on program effectiveness and then considers program costs. It…
Descriptors: College Outcomes Assessment, Cost Effectiveness, Educational Objectives, Evaluation Methods
Carleo, Susan – 1985
An analysis is provided of three alternative solutions to the problem of overstaffed departments and underutilized faculty in the Los Angeles Community College District (LACCD). After providing a brief history and background to the staffing problems facing the district, section I examines three alternative solutions: (1) maintaining the status…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Community Colleges, Cost Effectiveness, Faculty Development
Bade, Maryjean – 1987
The Chapter 2 (Educational Block Grant) program of the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act (ECIA), which became effective on July 1, 1982, aims to improve elementary and secondary education (including pre-school education) for children attending both public and private schools. Two major goals are the following: (1) to provide flexibility…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Early Childhood Education, Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education
Geizer, Bernard P., Ed. – 1982
This report presents the results of an evaluation of New York State's Division for Youth (DFY) rehabilitation programs, which range from secure facilities to residential homes. The goals of the evaluation were to assess the level of expenditures for facility operation and use, to determine the scope of programs and the extent to which they meet…
Descriptors: Correctional Education, Correctional Institutions, Delinquent Rehabilitation, Organizational Effectiveness
Bassett, Roger – 1979
The objectives and accomplishments of the State-Level Information Base project are reviewed, and documents available to state-agency and other staff are summarized. The overall purpose of the project is to assist state-level planners and postsecondary education staff with their information needs, and to effectively match agency responsibilities…
Descriptors: College Planning, Data Collection, Databases, Government School Relationship
National Center for Clinical Infant Programs, Washington, DC. – 1987
The booklet reviews and illustrates program evaluation methods that can be used by providers of services to handicapped infants and their families. It distinguishes between outcome evaluations to determine the effectiveness of service programs and process evaluations to describe the actual activities of service programs and their relation to…
Descriptors: Child Development Centers, Disabilities, Early Childhood Education, Evaluation Methods
Smith, Jana K. – 1984
The first of two related pamphlets, this guide provides information on how to conduct cost-outcome analyses, with an emphasis on measuring costs. After an introduction that delineates the purpose of the two-part series, the pamphlet is divided into six major sections. The first section, "definitions and rationale," introduces…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Cost Estimates, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods
Fischer, Michael – 1990
This report describes the current spending priorities of the Milwaukee (Wisconsin) Public Schools (MPS) and suggests how the same amount of money could be better spent on educating children. The report's major findings include the following: (1) of an average $6,451 expenditure per MPS pupil in 1989-90, only 26 percent finds its way into the…
Descriptors: Accountability, Bureaucracy, Cost Effectiveness, Educational Equity (Finance)
Crabtree, Vaun C. – 1983
A study described efforts of 245 schools, colleges, and departments of education (SCDEs) at private, public, and traditionally black institutions to recruit students into preservice teacher preparation programs, and the attitudes of teacher education department heads at those institutions toward several aspects of student recruitment. Results…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Black Colleges, Education Majors, Higher Education
Kormondy, Edward – 1988
In 1986, an academic program review of the biological sciences programs of the universities in the State University of Florida System was performed by a team of 13 consultants. This report of that review includes: (1) the background of the review; (2) a statement of the status of biological science instruction; (3) a review of the 1978 assessment…
Descriptors: Biological Sciences, College Faculty, College Science, Curriculum Evaluation
Stromsdorfer, Ernst; Blalock, Ann Bonar – 1986
This guide is intended to assist states and service delivery areas (SDAs) in addressing the new oversight responsibilities and opportunities stipulated by the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) with respect to net impact evaluations. It is divided into two main parts. The first part, which deals with issues in evaluating costs and benefits,…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Cost Effectiveness, Cost Estimates, Educational Benefits

McCoy, Kay R. – 1990
The Inferred Program Cost (IPC), a program evaluation indicator in use at Prince George's Community College (PGCC), represents the cost of one student completing the curriculum requirements for a degree or certificate program/option as specified in the current college catalog. The IFP for each program is the dollar amount representing the…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Associate Degrees, Community Colleges, Cost Effectiveness
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