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Kutash, Krista; Banks, Steve; Duchnowski, Albert; Lynn, Nancy – Evaluation and Program Planning, 2007
Evaluating school-based mental health services for children and youth with emotional disturbance (ED) has been a challenge for researchers. One particular challenge is the study design of using the student as the statistical unit of analysis, which in certain cases may lead to a violation of the "independence of error" assumption.…
Descriptors: Emotional Disturbances, Mental Health Programs, Caregivers, Mental Health
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Guydish, J.; Markley, Robert P. – Evaluation and Program Planning, 1986
A consumer-oriented program evaluation of a master's level clinical psychology training program is reported. A goal attainment model of evaluation was employed, requiring specification of program goals, development of goal-related objectives and hypotheses, and formulation of recommendations for program modification based on results achieved.…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Goal Orientation, Higher Education, Models
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Strasser, Stephen; Deniston, O. Lynn – Evaluation and Program Planning, 1978
Factors involved in pre-planned and post-planned evaluation of program effectiveness are compared: (1) reliability and cost of data; (2) internal and external validity; (3) obtrusiveness and threat; (4) goal displacement and program direction. A model to help program administrators decide which approach is more appropriate is presented. (Author/MH)
Descriptors: Data Collection, Decision Making, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods
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Hackler, James C. – Evaluation and Program Planning, 1978
The traditional experimental-control group method for evaluating delinquency prevention programs is questioned. It is contended that the method harms the intervention and exacerbates the deliquency problem. (JKS)
Descriptors: Delinquency Prevention, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Needs
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Britan, Gerald M. – Evaluation and Program Planning, 1978
The distinction between experimental evaluation (which employs generalizable analyses of discrete causes and effects) and contextual evaluation (which examines particular program operations holistically) is articulated. Program characteristics are examined and linked to experimental and contextual models of program evaluation. (Author/MH)
Descriptors: Content Analysis, Context Clues, Evaluation Methods, Holistic Evaluation