TY - JOUR
T1 - A note on the use of earning functions and human capital theory in assessing special education
AU - Lewis, Darrell R.
AU - Bruininks, Robert H.
AU - Thurlow, Martha L
AU - McGrew, Kevin
PY - 1989
Y1 - 1989
N2 - Assessment concerns for school accountability and improvement have been increasing in special education. Unfortunately, little attention has been given to whether (or how) we might "get our money's worth" from such educational effort. In the context of this latter concern, this paper uses data from a related larger study to examine the cost-effectiveness of school based special education. Reliable estimates were given when post-school earnings for individual respondents were functionally related to their hours of special education, among other student characteristics, and the slope coefficient for hours of instruction was then compared with costs per instructional hour.
AB - Assessment concerns for school accountability and improvement have been increasing in special education. Unfortunately, little attention has been given to whether (or how) we might "get our money's worth" from such educational effort. In the context of this latter concern, this paper uses data from a related larger study to examine the cost-effectiveness of school based special education. Reliable estimates were given when post-school earnings for individual respondents were functionally related to their hours of special education, among other student characteristics, and the slope coefficient for hours of instruction was then compared with costs per instructional hour.
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U2 - 10.1016/0272-7757(82)90008-5
DO - 10.1016/0272-7757(82)90008-5
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:38249025597
SN - 0272-7757
VL - 8
SP - 285
EP - 290
JO - Economics of Education Review
JF - Economics of Education Review
IS - 3
ER -
