The major advantages in computer-assisted instruction (CAI) are the potential for the individualization of instruction and the savings in instructional time. CAI's major disadvantages include the large amount of time required for course development, personnel required, initial outlay of funds, and the total cost. Other disadvantages, due to the…

Critics argue against differentiated staffing on the bases that (1) limited compensation ranges lower teacher morale, (2) the loss of the services of trained teachers and the impersonality of the large group organization lower student incentive to achieve, and (3) salary savings are at the expense of the quality of the instructional program. Since…

A fully developed planning, programing, and budgeting system comprises more than the program budget and its financial information; it is a system of analysis intended to assist the decisionmaker in choosing among alternative courses of action for the school district programs. Its most salient feature is its usefulness as a general analytical tool…

The costs of education have continued to rise at a rapid rate. Population growth, mobility, and the demand for increased education have caused school districts to issue bonds in support of new facilities and to raise taxes to meet daily operating expenditures. Year-round educational programs require thorough analysis from capital, operational, and…

This report discusses weaknesses in the educational process that have led to the crises schools are facing. These defects are explored in (1) the role played by each government level in providing quality education, (2) the role played by the nonpublic sector in American education, (3) the financing of elementary and secondary education, (4) the…

This report summarizes the conclusions and insights of several hundred people who have been directly involved in the 45-15 Plan for its first two years of operation. The 45-15 Plan divides the neighborhood served by a school into four sections. Each section attends 45 school days and then takes a vacation, 15 days long. The attendance dates of the…

The objective of this study of California projects, funded under Title I of the 1965 Elementary Secondary Education Act, was to shed additional light on the cost-benefit and "critical mass" issues which are central to today's compensatory education planning and policy making. It covers reading and math programs in grades one through…

Prepared by local vocational administrators and teachers, this is one of five manuals resulting from the Illinois Occupational Curriculum Project. Designed to assist teachers and administrators plan and evaluate occupational, technical, and career education courses and programs, this manual contains activities for accomplishing program…

This document reviews various aspects of a research project designed to explore the problems raised by the elaboration, discussion and implementation of major development plans for universities and to improve cost effectiveness. The University of Lancaster was designated as the target for studies. Chapter one presents an overview of details…

The use of a mathematical model supported by empirical findings had developed a method of cost effectiveness that can be used in evaluations between educational objectives and goals. Educational time allocation can be studied and developed into a micro-level economic theory of decision. Learning has been defined as increments which can be…

The El Salvadoran educational reform policy called for a major revamping of previous educational goals and objectives. The basic questions of how these new goals might be achieved have been resolved through major administrative restructuring and by embarking upon the widespread use of educational technology, instructional television (ITV) playing…

This booklet contains the revised minimum standards put into effect and enforced beginning with new school bus models that appeared after January 1, 1972. These standards apply to (1) conventional type body-on-chasis vehicles having a seating capacity of 24 or more pupils; (2) conventional type body-on-chasis vehicles that are less than 96 inches…

In 1970, boarding school enrollments were leveling off and inflationary tremors beginning to register in the financial seismographs of most schools. Recently, the school survival issue has begun to emerge as a subject for serious open debate and private speculation. This handbook advances the ideas that for shortrun survival, many schools will…

A study of Instructional Technology (IT) is presented. Its purposes included: (1) To learn something about the state of the art and anticipate future developments; (2) To relate what has been learned to education for the profession of management accounting at the undergraduate and graduate levels; and (3) To provide a framework of reference which…

This speech presents a study that identified factors predominately related to the efficient allocation of resources in Florida's public school districts. Information was collected from 67 school districts concerning 27 variables that were found in an optimum effective school district. The variables were analyzed using the principal component…