Project SPECTRE, a program to assess the relative cost effectiveness of four types of special education inservice approaches, indicated that direct instruction produced more knowledge gain and greater cost effectiveness than independent study. Using university personnel in remote sites was the most effective direct intruction method. (Author/CL)

The effects of an indirect intervention system on reading achievement scores of 43 hearing impaired adolescents were assessed. The results indicated that students involved in the project made significant improvements in reading. Financial benefits of the indirect approach are noted. (Author/CL)

The Schoolwriter is a typewriter available at nearly half the price of competing machines. Schools in Minnesota and Maryland have purchased it for classroom machines and have had substantial savings. (MD)

Constructing a problem for dynamic programming requires the listing of units, e.g., chapters, which might be included, together with possible levels of effort or cost and judged values for all usage levels. Given such a table and total permissable cost, a computer program will generate a prescription for optimal curriculum. (MV)

The general findings and recommendations of a Defense Science Board Task Force on Training Technology are presented, and eight lessons for the training technology research and development community are drawn. (Author)

Automatic control of swimming pool chemical balance has saved the Arlington Heights, Illinois, school and park districts more than $5,000 a year since 1972. (Author)

The instructional television system in Washington County, Maryland has perhaps the longest continuous history of any ITV project in the world. This paper presents a detailed analysis of actual project costs, and utilization over time, with comparisons to ITV systems in other countries and with traditional instruction. (BD)

Interest in building systems is growing rapidly as school officials become increasingly aware of their advantages: lower cost, faster occupancy, and improved appearances. (Author/MLF)

This report examines school district staffing patterns in Florida. School districts selected for this report were asked to identify actual job duties for all staff who were assigned to an instructional job title for the 1997-98 school year, were not assigned to a specific group of students, or were assigned to the superintendent's office. Staffing…

This paper presents state-of-the-art models addressing issues related to coordination of treatment and evaluation activities, and integration of clinical, performance, and evaluation information. Specifically, this concept paper contains a discussion of the need for and types of cost analyses for CSAT treatment evaluation and knowledge-generating…

Library preservation programs have focused traditionally on two areas: (1) conservation or restoration techniques to preserve the original item as an artifact; or (2) reformatting of items to microfilm or digital formats to preserve the intellectual content. A collections conservation program focuses on the maintenance or stabilization of…

A discussion of cost-effectiveness in charge back media programs. (HB)

Illustrates how systems planning can be used in the recycling of old school space and in erecting multistory additions. (Author/DN)

A discussion of how cost-effectiveness analysis provides a conceptual framework for analyzing the cost and effectiveness of educational programs. (Author)

Cost data were collected from eighteen computer-based systems in the U.S.A. and Europe. Analysis of the data shows costs affected more significantly by system management, salary variations, and productivity of staff, than by technical factors such as depth of indexing, data preparation methods, or computer programming. (4 references) (Author/SJ)