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Peer reviewedBunda, Mary Anne – Education and Urban Society, 1980
Many problems are encountered when evaluating a complex, decentralized national program such as 4-H. Good effects of the federal evaluation mandate include local concern with program quality. Bad effects include that local agencies are forced to utilize noxious methodologies or to collect information they consider to be unimportant. (Author/GC)
Descriptors: Data Collection, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods
Rowland, A. Westley – New Directions for Institutional Advancement, 1978
The design and findings of a communication audit conducted in the division of university relations at the State University of New York at Buffalo are discussed. (Author/SF)
Descriptors: Budgets, Communication (Thought Transfer), Development, Evaluation Methods
Peer reviewedCarter, Robert – SRA Journal, 1997
Using personal computer spreadsheet software, standard corporate financial analysis can help university research administrators communicate the value of research and development to sponsors and other stakeholders; balance projects, technologies, or categories of research; and continually assess the value of investing in ongoing projects. It also…
Descriptors: Budgeting, Business Administration, Computer Software, Cost Effectiveness
Download full textChristensen, Gayle S. – US Department of Education, 2007
The reauthorization of the "Elementary and Secondary Education Act" ("ESEA") as amended by the "No Child Left Behind Act of 2001" ("NCLB") relied on two notable policy instruments to improve education: accountability and flexibility. "NCLB" complements accountability with several new flexibility…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Demonstration Programs, Federal Aid, Federal Regulation
General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. Health, Education, and Human Services Div. – 1994
The Projects for Assistance in Transition from Homelessness (PATH) program provides the states and territories with funds to serve homeless individuals who are seriously mentally ill or dually diagnosed with serious mental illness and substance abuse disorders. As part of the mandate of the authorizing legislation, the General Accounting Office…
Descriptors: Delivery Systems, Expenditures, Federal Legislation, Financial Support
Clardy, Alan – 1984
Cost-effectiveness analysis and cost-benefit analysis are two related yet distinct methods to help decision makers choose the best course of action from among competing alternatives. For both types of analysis, costs are computed similarly. Costs may be reduced to present value amounts for multi-year programs, and parameters may be altered to show…
Descriptors: Classification, Comparative Analysis, Cost Effectiveness, Cost Estimates
Kelly, James G. – 1983
Preventive consultation, rather than focusing on individuals or specific problems, focuses on the environmental factors within a social setting that contribute to the incidence and prevalence of a specific problem. The ecological paradigm is a useful assessment for directing the design of a preventive consultation. The design focuses on the life…
Descriptors: Competence, Consultation Programs, Global Approach, Human Resources
National Council of La Raza, Washington, DC. – 1978
The operation and administration of the Title I Migrant Education Program was reviewed utilizing previous private and public audits, studies, evaluations and/or reports, and interviews with federal officials in the Office of Education (OE) and other individuals knowledgeable about the program. Focus of the review was on two factors that effect the…
Descriptors: Cooperative Programs, Coordination, Federal Programs, Migrant Education
Berkeley Planning Associates, CA. – 1978
The report summarizes the findings from a 3-year evaluation of 11 child abuse and neglect demonstration service projects. The 11 projects are described in terms of their goals, service activities, organization and management styles, staffing patterns, resource allocations and service costs, types of clients served, methods of case management used,…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Child Neglect, Cost Effectiveness, Demonstration Programs
Cross, Christopher T. – 1979
This document details the changes that have occurred in the 95th Congress with respect to compensatory education and explores the implications of those changes with respect to Federal policy for compensatory education programs. The 93rd Congressional hearings on Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act are reviewed. Also described are…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Educational Legislation, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education
Goddu, Roland – 1976
This document outlines the steps necessary for the development and implementation of a five-year plan for an educational system. It first presents a framework for a five year program plan which includes a yearly statement of the goals of the organization, review or evaluation of the program, a yearly statement of priorities, determination of…
Descriptors: Educational Administration, Educational Development, Educational Planning, Educational Strategies
Temkin, Sanford – 1970
This monograph provides a theoretical substantiation for benefit-cost analysis and cost-effectiveness analysis in school system planning. Nine examples of decision-making situations are presented. A simple case of a single objective to be attained with one plan being selected from a set of proposed plans with no resource constraints evolves into a…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Cost Effectiveness, Decision Making, Educational Objectives
Cohen, Bonnie R.; Yonkers, Ann H. – 1969
The major anti-poverty educational programs are evaluated in this report by comparing those operated by the Office of Economic Opportunity (OEO) with those in the Department of Health, Education and Welfare (DHEW) affecting a similar target population. A comparison of OEO Head Start with DHEW Title I preschool programs indicated that: (1) Title I…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Disadvantaged, Educational Programs, Educationally Disadvantaged
van Gigch, John P.; Hill, Richard E. – 1973
This paper describes an effort to implement a cost-effectiveness program using systems analysis in an elementary school district, the Rio Linda Union School District in California. The systems design cycle employed has three phases, policy-making evaluation, and action-implementation. During the first phase, the general philosophy or mission of…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Educational Objectives, Elementary Education, Program Budgeting
Comptroller General of the U.S., Washington, DC. – 1972
This report concerns the review by the General Accounting Office of the operation of the fiscal year 1970 programs, funded under Title I of the 1965 Elementary Secondary Education Act and certain aspects of the 1971 programs of the Illinois State educational agency, and of the Chicago, Harrisburg, and Rockford local educational agencies. The local…
Descriptors: Administrative Problems, Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Needs
