This training manual provides a practical assessment tool for policymakers to evaluate education service delivery and increase cost-effectiveness of scarce educational resources. Training modules cover a range of topics including: diagnosing structural weaknesses; cost-effectiveness analysis; teacher deployment and classroom processes; teacher training and pay; policy issues in the schooling of girls; economic analysis of educational technology; comparative policy analysis; and regression analysis. It includes a CD-ROM containing statistical models which the user can apply to their own specific educational systems and data. This manual is designed to help policymakers in low-income countries but will also be of use to policymakers and education specialists in developed countries.

Foreword

xiii

Acknowledgments

xv

Introduction

1

(8)

Diagnosing Structural Weaknesses in Education---Implications for Project Selection: A Two-Part Module

9

(10)

Concepts for Analyzing Structural Weaknesses

9

(5)

Extensions of the Basic Concepts

14

(5)

Analyzing Costs in Education: A Three-Part Module

19

(22)

Unit Costs Estimation and Analysis

20

(10)

Cost Analysis at the School Level

30

(5)

Application to Actual Data

35

(6)

Endnotes

39

(2)

Conducting Cost-Effectiveness Analysis in Education: A Two-Part Module

41

(34)

Basic Techniques in Cost-Effectiveness Analysis

43

(15)

Extensions of the Basic Techniques

58

(17)

Conclusion

71

(1)

Annex: Data for Cost-Effectiveness Analysis

72

(2)

Endnotes

74

(1)

Managing Teacher Deployment and Classroom Processes: A Two-Part Module

75

(28)

Analyzing Teacher Deployment Issues

76

(12)

Improving Teacher Management of Classroom Processes

88

(15)

Conclusion

100

(1)

Endnotes

101

(2)

Assessing Policy Options for Teacher Training and Pay: A Two-Part Module

103

(36)

Identifying a Teacher-Training Policy

104

(20)

The Economics of Teacher Pay

124

(15)

Conclusion

136

(1)

Endnotes

136

(3)

Analyzing Equity in Education: A Two-Part Module

139

(24)

The Distribution of Public Subsidies for Education

141

(13)

Disparities in Learning

154

(9)

Endnotes

162

(1)

Addressing Policy Issues in Girls' Schooling: A Three-Part Module

163

(38)

Diagnosis of the Problem

164

(9)

Identification of Possible Solutions

173

(14)

Consolidation of the Analysis for Policy or Project Design

187

(14)

Endnotes

199

(2)

Performing Economic Analysis of Educational Technology: A Two-Part Module

201

(34)

Assessing Delivery Options Using Student Learning as an Outcome Measure

203

(20)

Assessing Delivery Options Using Labor Market Performance as an Outcome Measure

223

(12)

Endnotes

233

(2)

Conducting Comparative Policy Analysis in Education: A Three-Part Module

235

(30)

Making Simple Comparisons of Education Indicators

236

(6)

Going beyond Simple Comparisons

242

(16)

Compiling Country Profiles from Comparative Analysis

258

(7)

Annex: Data Issues in Comparative Policy Analysis in Education

261

(2)

Endnotes

263

(2)

Appendix A Regression Analysis

265

(22)

The Simple Two-Variable Linear Model

265

(6)

Multivariate Linear Models

271

(4)

Extensions to the Classical Linear Model

275

(5)

More Sophisticated Models in Regression Analysis

280

(4)

Endnotes

284

(3)

Appendix B Instructions for Drawing Graphs in Excel (Version 5.0)

287

(2)

Appendix C Instructions for Performing Array Formulas in Excel

289

(2)

Index

291

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