This study uses Data Envelopment Analysis to evaluate the cost efficiency of 52 Italian public universities. In addition to being one of the first such cost studies of the Italian system, it explicitly takes into account the internal cost structure of institutions' education programs; a task not prevalent in past Data Envelopment Analysis studies…

An assessment of internal efficiency allows policymakers and education administrators to understand how cost-effective the desired educational outputs, such as promotion and retention rates of students, are being produced from a given input. In Macau, where private school enrollment accounts for more than 90% of the total K-12 student enrollment,…

Government-provided services are caught in the jaws of a "cost-tax vice". On the cost side, the long-term trend of rising relative prices of services, including education, seems set to continue. The other jaw of the vice is the high efficiency cost of raising additional taxes. Recent research making the case for public provision of…

This paper calculates the public savings (financial benefits) from greater public investments in the education of African-American males. Over one-fifth of each age cohort of black males in US is not a high school graduate. We identify five interventions that would--based on credible research--increase the graduation rate; we also report the…

If examinees are permitted to choose to answer a subset of the questions on a test, just knowing which questions were chosen can provide a measure of proficiency that may be as reliable as would have been obtained from the test graded traditionally. This new method of scoring is much less time consuming and expensive for both the examinee and the…

The author surveys the status of and issues surrounding year-round programs in secondary schools in order to provide background for deciding which school calendar is the most effective educationally, financially, and socially. The best programs and those discontinued are listed, as are the dates of the most important developments in year-round…

The Fullerton Union High School District investigated and found that the construction management approach provides assistance to control and supervise an entire building program. (Author/MLF)

Provides a set of guidelines for individual school districts wishing to maximize their instructional effectiveness while reducing costs. (RB)

A paper which resulted from a UNESCO meeting of 16 media specialists that looked at cost effectiveness in instructional resource centers from an international perspective. (HB)

A multipurpose fieldhouse cost less than comparable gymnasium space. (Available from 1221 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10020, $15.00 annually.) (MLF)

Discusses the projected benefits, costs, and rates of return on human and physical capital expenditures for education and condiders alternative areas of educational investment in an effort to determine which specific expenditure areas are potentially most advantageous. (Author/JG)

Electricity as an energy source, coupled with a heat recovery system, has been selected for a middle school in New Jersey. (Author/MLF)