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Direct linkGuillen-Woods, Blanca Flor; Kaiser, Monica A.; Harrington, Maura J. – New Directions for Evaluation, 2008
The impact of No Child Left Behind (NCLB) is usually understood in relation to schools and districts, but the legislation has also affected community-based organizations that operate school-linked programs. This case study of an after-school program in California demonstrates how educational accountability systems that emphasize students' academic…
Descriptors: Evaluators, Federal Legislation, Program Improvement, After School Programs
Peer reviewedJephson, Melanie Britt – Journal of Early Intervention, 1992
A survey of directors of 61 Texas early intervention programs found that directors felt that program improvement should be the main reason for program evaluation efforts, that evaluating program goals and child progress are the most feasible strategies, and that evaluating program quality and family progress are the most difficult strategies. (DB)
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Administrators, Community Programs, Disabilities
Schweigert, Francis J. – American Journal of Evaluation, 2006
In the present climate of public accountability, there is increasing demand to show "what works" and what return is gained for the public from investments to improve communities. This increasing demand for accountability is being met with growing confidence in the field of philanthropy during the past 10 years that the impact or effectiveness of…
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Private Financial Support, Accountability, Philanthropic Foundations
Iowa State Dept. of Education, Des Moines. Div. of Community Colleges. – 1990
The Iowa Adult Basic Education Assessment Study was conducted to document the qualities of excellence, accountability, and purpose that are present in Iowa's adult basic education (ABE) program. A six-step documentation procedure included creation of an ABE task force; submission of written assessment reports from ABE coordinators; development,…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Community Programs, Evaluation Methods, Program Effectiveness
Download full textBlake, Ellen M., Comp.; Prouty, Robert W., Comp.; Lakin, K. Charlie – 1995
This sourcebook profiles approximately 80 programs that support the redefinition, assessment, and/or enhancement of quality in community services for individuals with developmental disabilities. Direct service programs, however, are not included. The programs and activities described are subsumed under the following broad categories: (1) statewide…
Descriptors: Advocacy, Community Programs, Delivery Systems, Developmental Disabilities
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
