Collaborating with IES Grantees to Create a Needed Cost Analysis Timeline

This Institute of Education Research (IES) blog is part of a guest series by the Cost Analysis in Practice (CAP) project team and provides guidance for developing a timeline that aligns the steps for planning a cost analysis with the data collection process for each year of an evaluation study. The Cost Analysis in Practice (CAP) Project is a 3-year initiative funded by the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) to support researchers and practitioners who are planning or conducting a cost analysis of educational programs and practices.

Read the full blog here: August 5, 2021, NCER Blog Editor, Timing is Everything: Collaborating with IES Grantees to Create a Needed Cost Analysis Timeline

You can request technical assistance with planning or conducting your cost analysis from the CAP project’s Help Desk at https://capproject.org/.

Also, you can view tools and guidance on the IES Standards for Excellence in Education Research website: https://ies.ed.gov/seer.