Average searching time for manual searching was found to be 22 hours at a total cost of $250; for on-line searching using the Lockheed DIALOG system it was 45 minutes at a total cost of $47. (Author/PF)

An audiovisual consultant takes a critical look at current practices and shows ways to save money. (Author/MLF)

Three problems in determining educational productivity are identifying the desired outcomes, identifying relative values of various inputs, and developing adequate measurements of both outputs and inputs. (HMD)

How portable gear can save the expense of studio time for rehearsals. (Author)

Provides a checklist of 54 questions to assess the efficiency and organization of the school district purchasing department. (Author/DN)

A sound counselor accountability system would collate counselor accomplishments with costs. It would define the domain of counselor responsibilities, use student behavior changes as evidence of counselor accomplishments, state counselor activities as costs, promote self-improvement, permit reports of failures and unknown outcomes, be designed by…

The goals and procedures of front-end analysis are described and a number of examples are cited. (Author)

The document contains the data files created by a Rand Corporation study on the cost of special education based on information from a 1977-78 national survey of 50 local education agencies in 14 states. The project objective is to improve decisionmaking on special education programing and finance by providing information on the services provided…

The study followed up 196 patients of all ages with severe muscular impairment who had been provided with several types of mobility aids (powered wheelchairs, Castor Carts, buggies) over a 3 year period. Of the 138 respondents, 49 were interviewed in their home environment by the evaluation team. A point system was used to quantify the daily use…

A review and general discussion of quantitative and qualitative techniques for the analysis of economic problems outside of education is presented to help educators discover new tools for planning, allocating, and evaluating educational resources. The pamphlet covers some major components of cost accounting, cost effectiveness, cost-benefit…

Selection, termination, and longterm funding of educational projects are each discussed in terms of relevant economic considerations. Planning a project requires manipulation of the variables time, cost, performance, and reliability, to obtain the best reqults whenever constraints are placed on one or more of the variables. A major difficulty with…