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Developing a New System to Measure Outcomes in a Service Coordination Program for Youth with Severe Emotional Disturbance
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Shannon, Lisa M.; Walker, Robert; Blevins, Michele – Evaluation and Program Planning, 2009
This paper presents information on re-developing an outcome evaluation for a state-funded program providing service coordination utilizing wraparound to youth with severe emotional disturbance (SED) and their families. Originally funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the Kentucky IMPACT program has existed statewide since 1990. Changing…
Descriptors: Emotional Disturbances, Data Collection, Evaluation Methods, Severe Disabilities
Goal Setting and Progress Evaluation in Youth Empowerment Programs.
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Roberts-Gray, C.; Steinfeld, S.; Bailey, W. – Evaluation and Program Planning, 1999
Compared two methods for evaluating youth empowerment programs. One program used a traditional, open-ended style of service planning and program tracking, and the other used precoded measurement procedures that invited the direct participation of youth in goal setting and evaluation. Discusses the relatively greater usefulness of the precoded…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Empowerment, Evaluation Methods, Measurement Techniques
Development of a Participatory Monitoring and Evaluation Strategy
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Holte-McKenzie, Merydth; Forde, Sarah; Theobald, Sally – Evaluation and Program Planning, 2006
This paper describes the process of developing a participatory monitoring and evaluation strategy for a Kenyan youth-based NGO. The iterative nature of the study including the process of narrowing down indicators to measure and methods to monitor/evaluate these is well documented. A discussion on the extent to which the process achieved…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Foreign Countries, Cultural Context, Nongovernmental Organizations
Implementation of the Job Training Partnership Act: A Field Network Process Evaluation.
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Cook, Robert F. – Evaluation and Program Planning, 1986
This two-year study is a field network evaluation of the operation of the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) Program in 20 randomly selected states and 40 Service Delivery Areas within those states. Methodology is also discussed. (Author/LMO)
Descriptors: Adults, Dislocated Workers, Employment Programs, Evaluation Methods
Concept Mapping for Evaluation and Planning.
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Trochim, William M. K., Ed. – Evaluation and Program Planning, 1989
Concept mapping is a structured conceptualization that can be used by groups to develop a conceptual framework that guides evaluation or planning. Twelve papers discuss concept mapping in evaluation/planning in terms of theory development; measurement, construct validity, and pattern matching; outcome assessment and internal validity;…
Descriptors: Concept Mapping, Construct Validity, Data Interpretation, Elementary Secondary Education