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Evaluation of the Integrated Services Pilot Program from Western Australia
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Hancock, Peter; Cooper, Trudi; Bahn, Susanne – Evaluation and Program Planning, 2009
Independent evaluation of refugee-focused programs in developed nations is increasingly a mandatory requirement of funding bodies and government agencies. This paper presents an evaluation of the Integrated Services Centre (ISC) Pilot Project that was conducted in Australia in 2007 and early 2008. The purpose of the ISC program was to provide…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Integrated Services, Pilot Projects, Program Evaluation
Implementing Paraprofessional Strength-Based Early Intervention Home Visitations
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Mykota, David B. – Evaluation and Program Planning, 2008
The purpose of the present study is to evaluate the implementation process for Parenting Plus, an early intervention program in a rural, western Canadian health district. Parenting Plus, as modeled after Hawaii Healthy Start, provides strength-based paraprofessional home visitations to overburdened parents of newborns. The general inductive…
Descriptors: Early Intervention, Pilot Projects, Focus Groups, Home Visits
Elimination of Health Disparities in Racial/Ethnic Minority Communities: Developing Data Indicators To Assess the Progress of Community-Based Efforts.
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Edberg, Mark C.; Wong, Frank Y.; Woo, Violet; Doong, Tuei – Evaluation and Program Planning, 2003
Describes the development of a pilot uniform data set (UDS) intended to serve as the primary data collection mechanism for all grants and standard cooperative agreements funded by the U.S. Office of Minority Health. The UDS is the product of a formative research project with implications for other program evaluations. (SLD)
Descriptors: Data Collection, Evaluation Methods, Grants, Minority Groups
Enhancing the Possibility of Success by Measuring the Probability of Failure in an Educational Program.
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Brookhart, Susan M.; And Others – Evaluation and Program Planning, 1997
Process Analysis is described as a method for identifying and measuring the probability of events that could cause the failure of a program, resulting in a cause-and-effect tree structure of events. The method is illustrated through the evaluation of a pilot instructional program at an elementary school. (SLD)
Descriptors: Educational Change, Elementary Education, Failure, Identification
Evaluating a Pilot Program and Designing It, Too: In Response to Caudle/Newcomer.
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Mocniak, Nina L.; Hegarty, Timothy W. – Evaluation and Program Planning, 1989
This article describes the on-going evaluation of a pilot program characterized by: (1) cooperation between program managers and evaluators; (2) first-hand knowledge about the implementation of the pilot; and (3) a focus on summative and formative evaluations. Evaluators participated actively in the design of the pilot. (Author/SLD)
Descriptors: Administrators, Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Utilization, Evaluators