The Cost-Effectiveness of Five Policies for Improving Student Achievement

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ID12470612
AutoresStuart S Yeh (0000-0001-5111-134X, University of Minnesota, autor correspondente)
Ano2007
Volume28
Fascículo4
Páginas416-436
Data de publicação2007-11-20
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoAmerican Journal of Evaluation (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1098-2140 • E-ISSN: 1557-0878
EditoraSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/1098214007307928
OpenAlexW2040129148
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas3
Referências citadas25

Comparisons of student achievement effect sizes suggest that systems in which student performance in math and reading is rapidly assessed between 2 and 5 times per week are 4 times as effective as a 10% increase in per pupil expenditure, 6 times as effective as voucher programs, 64 times as effective as charter schools, and 6 times as effective as increased accountability. Achievement gains per dollar from rapid assessment are even greater—193 times the gains that accrue from increasing preexisting patterns of educational expenditures, 2,424 times the gains from vouchers, 23,166 times the gains from charter schools, and 57 times the gains from increased accountability. Two sensitivity analyses suggest that the relative advantage for rapid assessment is not sensitive to the particular parameter estimates

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