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Tracy, Allison; Surr, Wendy; Richer, Amanda – Wellesley Centers for Women, 2012
The Assessment of Afterschool Program Practices Tool ("APT"), developed by the National Institute of Out-of-School Time (NIOST), is an observational instrument designed to measure the aspects of afterschool program quality that research suggests contribute to the 21st century skills, attitudes, and behaviors youth need to be successful…
Descriptors: After School Programs, Program Effectiveness, Program Evaluation, Validity
Bland, Adrienne Lynn – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The Instant Word Notebook study was a program evaluation completed by two educators who saw a need for an instructional tool to teach and assess Instant Words. In order to address reading deficits of students in first and second grades, teachers were expected to teach Instant Words. Unfortunately, teachers did not have a systematic process to…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Elementary School Students, Word Recognition, Reading Instruction
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Fudge, Daniel L.; Skinner, Christopher H.; Williams, Jacqueline L.; Cowden, Dan; Clark, Janice; Bliss, Stacy L. – Journal of School Psychology, 2008
A single-case (B-C-B-C) experimental design was used to evaluate the effects of the Color Wheel classroom management system (CWS) on on-task (OT) behavior in an intact, general-education, 2nd-grade classroom during transitions. The CWS included three sets of rules, posted cues to indicate the rules students are expected to be following at that…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Research Design, Cues, Data Analysis
Sprague, Jeffrey; Pennefather, Jordan; Marquez, Jessie; Yeaton, Pamela; Marquez, Brion – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2011
This session will describe the social validity, usability and intent to use of an interactive, state-of-the-art, professional development program based on the Response to Intervention (RtI) approach and its core components (e.g., problem-solving strategy; three tiers of intervention service delivery with universal, selected and intensive…
Descriptors: Validity, Elementary School Teachers, Intention, Usability
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Hussey, David L.; Flannery, Daniel J. – Journal of School Violence, 2007
In 2004, Second Step (Committee for Children, 2002), a violence prevention program, was implemented in the Cleveland Heights-University Heights school district for 1,416 K through second grade students. Both process and outcome measures were used to evaluate program impact and examine issues related to the implementation and evaluation of…
Descriptors: School Safety, Health Promotion, Aggression, Violence
Phelps, Geoffrey; Johnson, David; Carlisle, Joanne – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2009
The research reported in this paper is focused directly on assessing the validity of the "Teaching Knowledge about Reading and Reading Practices" (TKRRP) assessment. Following the recommendations of the Standards for Educational and Psychological Testing (APA/AERA, 1999), the authors see validation as a process of constructing an…
Descriptors: Video Technology, Grounded Theory, Teacher Characteristics, Knowledge Level