The cost-effectiveness of comprehensive school reform and rapid assessment.

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  • Stuart S. Yeh University of Minnesota

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14507/epaa.v16n13.2008

Keywords:

comprehensive school reform, formative evaluation, cost effectiveness, reading, math

Abstract

Analysis of the cost-effectiveness of 29 Comprehensive School Reform (CSR) models suggests that all 29 models are less cost-effective than an alternative approach for raising student achievement, involving rapid assessment systems that test students 2 to 5 times per week in math and reading and provide rapid feedback of the results to students and teachers. Results suggest that reading and math achievement could increase approximately one order of magnitude greater for every dollar invested in rapid assessment rather than CSR. The results also suggest that reading and math achievement could increase two orders of magnitude for every dollar invested in rapid assessment rather than class size reduction and three orders of magnitude for every dollar invested in rapid assessment rather than high quality preschool.

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Author Biography

Stuart S. Yeh, University of Minnesota

Stuart Yeh is Associate Professor and Coordinator of the Evaluation Studies Program in the Department of Educational Policy and Administration at the University of Minnesota. He recently completed cost effectiveness analyses of 10 approaches for raising student achievement, including voucher programs, charter schools, a 10 percent increase in existing patterns of educational expenditures, increased educational accountability, comprehensive school reform, teacher certification by the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards, a proposal to replace the bottom quartile of novice teachers with new teachers, class size reduction, raising teacher quality by requiring new candidates to meet a minimum SAT score of 1000, and rapid asseintervention that provides rapid performance feedback to students and teachers.

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Published

2008-07-01

How to Cite

Yeh, S. S. . (2008). The cost-effectiveness of comprehensive school reform and rapid assessment. Education Policy Analysis Archives, 16, 13. https://doi.org/10.14507/epaa.v16n13.2008

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