Article describes an operational, computer based planning model termed SHOT (Selection Hierarchy Optimization Tool). (Author)

This report presents a costing model for teacher education programs. It explains that this is necessary since most teacher education innovations in the United States extensively use technological support, and involve high cost personnel, materials, and systems. The report also notes that the present state in planning and cost projections requires…

This paper describes a planning cost model for estimating the comparable replication cost of an educational program for use in evaluating alternative programs and planning future programs. The conceptual and methodological bases of cost analysis are explored and the shortcomings of present methods for comparison and evaluation of educational…

This report provides a detailed description of an education program cost model designed to accept descriptions of the size and composition of resources used in a particular program and translate them into an estimate of program cost, for convenient comparison of alternatives. The model also translates ("crosswalks") the program budget…

This paper develops the techniques for allocating the quantity of a school's resources to particular programs and classrooms within the school, considering the sharing of resources. The methodology presented determines the cost of an educational program by identifying the resources utilized in a program. All costs are taken into consideration and…

Using an econometric model of four simultaneous equations for State cross-sectional data and of two equations for city cross-sections, the following determinants were estimated: (1) current spending on education, (2) the ratio of vocational to current educational expenditures, (3) the over-all enrollment rate in public schools, and (4) the…

The general purpose of this project (Title IV-C Pilot Program: An Educational Needs Projection Model) is to develop procedures for forecasting the personnel needed by the school district for a five-year period in response to current and expected legislation, changing student population, etc. During the first project year, 1976-77, emphasis is…

The eighth annual report of a continuing project to supply occupational data to educators, the study emphasizes the determination of manpower needs and job opportunities from information furnished by employers in the State of Nebraska for the year ending June 30, 1975. The data will be used in planning vocational education programs. During this…

Where research activities operate under "fixed" budgetary and resource conditions, allocations of funds must be carefully planned for effective program implementation. Although relatively little information is available on how small research units could use the principles of programed budgeting, a technique for ascertaining program…

Higher education faces continuing cost pressures from a multitude of new demands. The consequence is a new emphasis upon resource allocation that is only possible if the required data about program costs, program outputs, and program income are readily available. The task of the new management in higher education is to gather the needed…

MODIA (Method of Designing Instructional Alternatives) was developed to help the Air Force manage resources for formal training by systematically and explicitly relating quantitative requirements for training resources to the details of course design and course operation during the planning stage. This report describes MODCOM (MODIA Cost Model), a…

Three levels of evaluation that can be used in the assessment of educational products and processes are: 1) Unvalidated Form of Experience, 2) Validated Form of Experience, 3) Direct Performance Evaluation. Each of these evaluation models is described in detail, and factors involved in selection of the evaluation model are discussed. (MS)

The primary purpose of the project was to develop cost-effectiveness materials to be used in conducting locally directed secondary school vocational education program investigations. Based on a literature review, eight key elements in the cost-effectiveness system were identified and a conceptual model and data instruments for cost-effectiveness…

This secondary level vocational administrator's manual is designed to increase awareness of cost-effectiveness analysis concepts, provide step-by-step procedures and analytical techniques for conducting a cost-effectiveness analysis study, and assist administrators in improving management skills by using appropriate information from the study in…

This book is designed to help people who want to know whether distance education is useful for them. It suggests what questions to ask in considering whether distance education makes sense in a particular context and examines the different ways in which it can be organized. Chapter 1 considers who it can teach, what it can be used for, and how…