Accountability and Finance Term Paper

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Doug Harris, "Identifying Optimal Class Sizes and Teacher Salaries," attempts to apply cost-effectiveness analysis (CEA) when comparing class-size reduction policies with the raising of teacher salaries. In particular, this essay hopes to arrive at the solution of which is more cost effective: reducing class sizes or increasing teacher salaries?

The answer, according to the author, is that it depends upon the analysis method used. However, that is not the "true" answer. Even with two different analysis methods used by way of example in this essay, the author still comes to the conclusion that, ultimately, it is more cost effective to raise teachers' salaries than it is to decrease class sizes.
The author comes to this conclusion based on two "strong" assumptions: that the effects of schooling are determined by their effects on test scores, and that there are no other benefits gained as a result.

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