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Random Assignment Evaluation Studies: A Guide for Out-of-School Time Program Practitioners. Part 5 in a Series on Practical Evaluation Methods. Research-to-Results Brief. Publication #2008-03
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Moore, Kristin Anderson; Metz, Allison – Child Trends, 2008
Program providers work extremely hard to offer services that they believe will enhance the lives and future prospects of children and youth. But how can they be sure that their program is having the intended impacts? How can funders and policy makers be sure that their investments in programs are paying off in substantially better outcomes for…
Descriptors: Research Design, Program Effectiveness, Evaluation Methods, Control Groups
How Replicable Is Current LD Research? A Follow-Up to the CLD Research Committee's Recommendations.
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Hammill, Donald D.; And Others – Learning Disability Quarterly, 1989
Research articles published in 10 major journals during the years 1984-1987 were evaluated to determine how many satisfied the recommendations of the Council for Learning Disabilities' Research Committee on reporting subject data. Only 4 of the 277 articles included acceptable information in 7 recommended areas of subject data. (Author/JDD)
Descriptors: Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education, Experimental Groups, Learning Disabilities
Evaluating Evaluations of Language Intervention.
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Imbens-Bailey, Alison L. – Topics in Language Disorders, 1998
Discusses how clinicians and researchers can critically evaluate information from efficacy studies of language intervention programs. It argues for combining both experimental and nonexperimental approaches and suggests that the use of matching in nonrandomized studies allows for comparison of groups of children participating in an intervention…
Descriptors: Evaluation Research, Experimental Groups, Intervention, Language Impairments