What Good Is Benefit-Cost Analysis in Education?.

Handa, Madan; Skolnik, Michael

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What Good Is Benefit-Cost Analysis in Education?

Handa, Madan; Skolnik, Michael

Educational Planning, 1, 4, 1-10, Mar 75

Suggests that economic studies, insofar as they have for the past decade concentrated on the importance of rate-of-return analysis, have not contributed much to guide public policy decision-making. (Author)

Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Decision Making, Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education, Expenditures, Higher Education, Models, Program Costs, Program Effectiveness, Resource Allocation

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