Henry Levin

The goals of the project are to demonstrate the method of cost-effectiveness analysis as applied to educational interventions, to illustrate its value to policymakers in improving the productivity of resource allocation decisions, and to provide tools and guidance for other researchers in how to conduct cost-effectiveness analyses in practice. Education research has focused primarily on effectiveness and has advanced considerably in identifying the impact of interventions, programs, and refo...

This is a cooperative agreement between the Institute of Education Sciences and Teachers College to develop two demonstrations of how cost effectiveness research can enhance evaluations of the impact of education interventions. This project uses impact evidence from the What Works Clearinghouse combined with information about program costs to estimate cost effectiveness. This project team will also develop a web-based tool for assessing cost and cost-effectiveness in education settings. This...

The purpose of this program was to train education researchers in cost effectiveness analysis (CEA) and cost benefit analysis (CBA) so that more researchers in the field will have the knowledge necessary to include these analyses in their research activities. The course introduced the methods and provided depth and breadth in applying these methods so that participants could master the skills and be able to perform their own analysis. The course promoted the use of CEA/CBA, encouraged rigoro...

This training program will provide attendees with foundational skills in both cost-effectiveness and economic evaluation.