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An Analytical Process Model for Cost-Effectiveness/Productivity Evaluations of Alternative Educational Programs. Technical Report No. 390 (Parts, 1, 2, and 3).
Marinelli, Joseph J.
The purposes of this study were (1) to ascertain the state of the art with regard to cost effectiveness and productivity analyses in education and (2) to develop an appropriate cost effectiveness analytical process model for education. Chapters I through III present a review of the literature on cost effectiveness analysis, cost benefit analysis, input-output analysis, and teacher effectiveness as a precondition to the development of a cost effectiveness model. To specify an analytical process model, the nine major generally recognized steps of cost effectiveness evaluations were examined. The general model and submodels representing each of the nine steps were specified in a network of flow diagrams showing the sequence of analytical operations and cause-effect relationships between elements. The general model classified the steps according to the three dimensions: cost, effectiveness/productivity, and integration of these two components. The submodels are: (1) specify the desired goals and objectives that the alternative educational programs are to fulfill; (2) distinguish the alternative programs; (3) specify evaluative criteria (measures) of effectiveness; (4) specify evaluative criteria (measures) of cost; (5) determine the cost of each alternative; (6) determine the effectiveness of each alternative; (7) display the results from cost and effectiveness determinations against the evaluative criteria; (8) merge cost and effectiveness information into a decision framework and document the merits of each alternative; (9) state the non-quantifiable and uncertainty factors. Steps of the general model were integrated with the conceptual framework of an educational system from a viewpoint of economic analysis. (RC)
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Sponsor: National Inst. of Education (DHEW), Washington, DC.
Authoring Institution: Wisconsin Univ., Madison. Research and Development Center for Cognitive Learning.
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