Cost effectiveness across EEF trials was highly skewed, with a mean of £150 and median of £54 per pupil for an effect size of +0.10 SD among the 40 evaluations showing positive impact¶

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q3 i? The distribution of trial-level cost effectiveness was highly skewed, with mean cost per pupil far above the median. → Demack 2021

Evidence¶

Demack 2021¶

Demack, S., Maxwell, B., Coldwell, M., Stevens, A., Wolstenholme, C., Reaney-Wood, S., Stiell, B., & Lortie-Forgues, H. (2021). Review of EEF projects: Evaluation report. Education Endowment Foundation. https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED625480

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Descriptive trial-level analysis of cost effectiveness, defined from effect size and cost per pupil, for the 40 of 82 evaluations (49%) reporting evidence of a positive impact. The distribution was "highly skewed" with mean £150 versus median £54 per pupil.

"The distribution of cost effectiveness for the 40 evaluations included was highly skewed with a mean of £150 and median of £54 per pupil for an effect size of +0.10 SD."

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

• Across 82 EEF RCT evaluations, overall meta-analysis weighted mean effect sizes were small: +0.04 SD for primary ITT, +0.01 SD for secondary ITT, and +0.03 SD for FSM subsample attainment outcomes — related