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Robst, John – Evaluation Review, 2009
Many Medicaid programs have either fully or partially carved out mental health services. The evaluation of carve-out plans requires a case-mix model that accounts for differing health status across Medicaid managed care plans. This article develops a diagnosis-based case-mix adjustment system specific to Medicaid behavioral health care. Several…
Descriptors: Health Insurance, State Programs, Mental Health, Health Services
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Garasky, Steven – Evaluation Review, 1990
Massachusetts' Employment and Training (ET) Choices Program--a work-incentive demonstration--assumes that recipients of Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) would choose work over welfare if given genuine opportunities for economic improvement. Models for estimating caseload without the ET Program indicate that the program had only…
Descriptors: Demonstration Programs, Educational Opportunities, Employment Programs, Job Training
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Land, Kenneth C.; And Others – Evaluation Review, 1990
An evaluation of a North Carolina supervision program for juvenile offenders--the Intensive Protective Supervision Project--is presented. The program involves extensive and proactive contact between the court counselor, offender, and offender's family. Statistical and field-based evaluation suggest that the project is successful in preventing…
Descriptors: Counseling Effectiveness, Delinquency Prevention, Demonstration Programs, Field Studies
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Danek, Thomas A.; And Others – Evaluation Review, 1990
The Intensive Protective Supervision Project (IPSP) is a juvenile justice program in North Carolina designed to assist status offenders. Several legislative and programmatic influences antedated the current program. This article provides a brief summary of three major events affecting the evaluation of the IPSP. (TJH)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Counseling Effectiveness, Delinquency Prevention, Demonstration Programs
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Yampolskaya, Svetlana; Paulson, Robert I.; Armstrong, Mary; Jordan, Neil; Vargo, Amy C. – Evaluation Review, 2004
The purpose of this study was to demonstrate the development of safety, permanency, and child well-being indicators by using administrative data sets as well as by using these indicators as tools for evaluating Florida's Community-Based Care (CBC) initiative. Longitudinal data from 37 counties including 4 counties that implemented community-based…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Measurement, Privatization, Counties
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Bickman, Leonard – Evaluation Review, 1985
An evaluation system which would describe and assess statewide services for preschool children is described. Component theory conceptualizes the unit of analysis for evaluation as the component. This approach increases the generalizability and utilization of evaluations and enhances the ability to evaluate several programs at the state level.…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Utilization, Formative Evaluation
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Boruch, Robert F.; And Others – Evaluation Review, 1983
This article concerns recommendations made in a report to Congress and the Department of Education on evaluation of federally supported education programs. The work covers local, state, and federal efforts to address questions about why and how well evaluations are done, and about how results are used. The recommendations are directed toward…
Descriptors: Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods
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Boruch, Robert F.; And Others – Evaluation Review, 1983
Recommendations are made to Congress and the Department of Education on evaluation of federally supported education programs. The work covers local, state, and federal efforts to address questions about evaluation procedures and practices, and the use of evaluation results. The recommendations are directed toward improving the quality and…
Descriptors: Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods
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Rohs, F. Richard; Langone, Christine A. – Evaluation Review, 1993
A pretest-posttest control group design was used to assess the leadership and problem-solving skills of 281 participants and 110 controls in a statewide community leadership development program. Quantitative and qualitative data demonstrate that the program has been a catalyst to influence leadership and problem-solving skills for community…
Descriptors: Adults, Community Leaders, Community Programs, Control Groups
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Lewis, Darrell R.; And Others – Evaluation Review, 1992
Current practices of most state vocational rehabilitation programs concerning the use and reporting of benefit-cost results are reviewed, and problematic issues are identified. Empirical data from Minnesota illustrate alternative ways of reporting evaluation results relating to efficiency. The recommended accounting framework provides relevant and…
Descriptors: Accounting, Cost Effectiveness, Economic Impact, Evaluation Methods
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Berecochea, John E.; Gibbs, Joel B. – Evaluation Review, 1991
The objective inmate classification system in use in California's prisons is described. Evaluation of 14,091 cases suggests that the system reduces the rate of increase in the incidence of serious prisoner misconduct. Empirical evaluation of the system is recommended, and implications for correctional programs and public policy are discussed. (SLD)
Descriptors: Classification, Correctional Institutions, Males, Predictive Validity
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Davis, William W.; Graubard, Barry I.; Hartman, Anne M.; Stillman, Frances A. – Evaluation Review, 2003
In this article, the authors discuss program evaluation of intervention studies when the outcome of interest is collected routinely at equally spaced intervals of time. They illustrate concepts using data from the American Stop Smoking Intervention Study, where the outcome is state per capita tobacco consumption. States differ widely in mean…
Descriptors: Intervention, Intervals, Program Evaluation, Smoking
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Bloom, Howard S. – Evaluation Review, 1987
This article presents lessons learned from an innovative employment and training program for dislocated workers. It provides specific information about program design and serves as a prototype for how social experimentation can be used by state and local governments. (Author/LMO)
Descriptors: Adults, Dislocated Workers, Employment Practices, Program Evaluation
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Desai, Anand; You, Min-Bong – Evaluation Review, 1992
Effects of Ohio's mandatory seat belt law on seat belt use, number of car accidents, and number of fatal and severe injuries were evaluated for January 1982 through March 1988. The monthly average number of accident victims was 2,002. Implications for public policy formulation and implementation are discussed. (SLD)
Descriptors: Accident Prevention, Evaluation Methods, Mathematical Models, Policy Formation
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Feller, Irwin – Evaluation Review, 1988
Evaluation of state advanced technology programs has begun in response to budget reviews. Issues include: (1) political and institutional contexts of evaluation; (2) technical issues concerning outcome specifications, use of process indicators, and dependence on self-reported assessments; and (3) use of evaluation in policy making. (TJH)
Descriptors: Formative Evaluation, Institutional Environment, Policy Formation, Political Influences
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