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ERIC Number: EJ382105
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1988
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Using Benefit-Cost Analysis in Special Education.
Lewis, Darrell R.; And Others
Exceptional Children, v55 n3 p203-14 Nov 1988
Using data from 28 mildly retarded high-school graduates, the economic costs and outcomes resulting from special education services were determined. Results indicated that with appropriately identified, measured, and valued costs and benefits, it is possible to employ a formal benefit-cost framework to assess the efficiency of special education services. (Author/JDD)
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Cost Estimates, Educational Economics, Efficiency, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, High School Graduates, Mild Mental Retardation, Outcomes of Education, Program Effectiveness, Special Education
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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