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Partnering Case Study Design with Program Evaluation: Behavioral Research in Preschool Settings. Sage Research Methods: Diversifying and Decolonizing Research
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Chelsea T. Morris – Sage Research Methods Cases, 2024
This case study is based on a program evaluation of a professional certificate program that trains early childhood care and education providers to build and support young children's emotional literacy. The research project described in the case study will address approaches to methodological combination, justifying research design and changes to…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Teacher Certification, Early Childhood Teachers, Early Childhood Education
Observing and Interviewing: Negotiating Faculty Spaces as a Graduate Research Assistant. Sage Research Methods Cases Part 2
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Rafiqah Mustafaa – Sage Research Methods Cases, 2017
In January 2014, I began working as an evaluator on an education reform project being implemented by faculty in science and engineering departments at my university. The core goals of the project were for participating faculty members to improve students' learning, engagement, and recruitment and retention in selected introductory-level courses…
Descriptors: Observation, Interviews, College Faculty, Evaluation Methods
An Evaluation of School Improvement Grants Using Regression Discontinuity and Quasi-Experimental Designs. Sage Research Methods Cases Part 2
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Jonathan Nakamoto; Staci J. Wendt; John A. Rice; Juan Carlos Bojorquez; Anthony Petrosino – Sage Research Methods Cases, 2017
This case study describes the use of a regression discontinuity design and a quasi-experimental design to evaluate the impact of School Improvement Grants on high school students' reading, mathematics, and science achievement. The high schools that participated in the School Improvement Grant program were very low performing and received…
Descriptors: Grants, Quasiexperimental Design, Research Methodology, Case Studies
An Impact Evaluation Model.
Drake Univ., Des Moines, IA. Midwest Regional Resource Center. – 1979
The Impact Evaluation Model (IEM) is designed to provide a sequence of steps and procedures which methodically leads to the assessment of the individualized educational plan for handicapped students. The document includes a description of the method, illustrations of its use, and selected examples of data gathering devices. Initial sections…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Individualized Education Programs
The Literacy Audit Kit. Tools To Help Make Your Services More Accessible.
Alberta Association for Adult Literacy, Calgary. – 1997
This manual (and an accompanying video) is a literacy audit tool to help adult education practitioners find out how their clients and staff rate their organization's success in meeting the literacy needs of clients. The manual also contains background information about literacy and suggestions on how to use the literacy audit to help an…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Educational Needs, Evaluation Methods
ASQ: Assessing School-Age Child Care Quality. [Team Leader's Resource Manual, Team Manual, Resource Guide and Two Videos.]
O'Connor, Susan; And Others – 1996
Assessing School-Age Child Care Quality (ASQ) is a five-step process which guides program staff as they evaluate the quality of their program so they can develop priorities and improve achievement of goals. The five steps in the ASQ process are: (1) preparing for program improvement; (2) gathering information; (3) building the Action Plan; (4)…
Descriptors: After School Programs, Educational Environment, Educational Quality, Evaluation Methods