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Peer reviewedLight, Richard J., Ed. – New Directions for Evaluation, 2001
The seven chapters of this volume demonstrate that evaluation evidence can overturn widely held beliefs and result in changes in programs and policies. These chapters show that policymakers can welcome findings that challenge long-established ideas and use them to Improve programs and services. (SLD)
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Evaluation Utilization, Policy Formation, Program Evaluation
Peer reviewedBickman, Leonard, Ed.; Rog, Debra J., Ed. – New Directions for Program Evaluation, 1992
Seven articles focus on child and adolescent mental health services, highlighting major evaluation issues, considering the contribution of evaluation to improvement of these services, and describing efforts to overcome distinctive problems in these areas. Policymakers and providers of services are optimistic about the use of evaluation of program…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Children, Clinical Diagnosis, Cost Effectiveness
Lopez, M. Elena, Ed. – The Evaluation Exchange, 2002., 2002
This document is comprised of the three 2002 issues of a newsletter of the Harvard Family Research Project, designed to share new ideas and experiences in evaluating systems reform and comprehensive child and family services. The Spring issue focuses on family support evaluations and their role in advancing the field of family support and includes…
Descriptors: Accountability, Change Strategies, Child Welfare, Community Programs
