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Peer reviewedHouse, Ernest R. – Comparative Education Review, 1978
In 1965, Robert Kennedy initiated federal evaluation policy with ESEA. His conception of political accountability was converted into a system of cost benefit analysis, which periodically justified funding curtailments. This systems approach, similar to Taylor's Scientific Management, is inadequate as the sole evaluation tool for federal programs.…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Cost Effectiveness, Educational Policy, Evaluation Methods
