Robert Shand

The project team aims to improve the rigor, comparability, and usefulness of cost analyses and cost-effectiveness analyses (CEAs) of educational programs by facilitating the application of the recently established Standards for the Economic Evaluation of Educational and Social Programs (SEEESP). The team will develop an Economic Evaluation Standards Toolkit that includes a Standards Template that researchers can use to apply the Standards to planned or completed economic analyses.

Schools in the U.S. face difficult decisions related to scarce resources for every aspect of schooling including safe facilities, qualified teaching staff, curricula, supplemental support services, and health and wellness staff. Within this context, even modest efficiency gains would be enormously valuable. It is therefore critical for education research to include rigorous economic evaluations to inform decisions about the allocation of resources. This training program will provide educatio...