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2007 Technical Assistance Workshop on Evaluation for Evidence-Based Programs

2007 Technical Assistance Workshop on Evaluation for Evidence-Based Programs-- January 25 in Costa Mesa, CA and March 9, in Savannah, GA

The following presentations were given at both sessions unless otherwise noted.

   Applying Rigorous Standards to Program Evaluations - Christopher L. Ringwalt
   Senior Research Scientist, Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation, Chapel Hill, NC
   Presented in Costa, Mesa, California, on January 25, 2007
 
   Applying Rigorous Standards to Program Evaluations - Christopher L. Ringwalt
   Senior Research Scientist, Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation, Chapel Hill, NC
   Presented in Savannah, Georgia, on March 9, 2007

Review of Instruments Used in PCEP Evaluations
   Rigorous Program Evaluation - Brent Garrett, PIRE-CETAC

Rigorous Program Evaluation--Panel
   Experimental Design - Random Selection & Random Placement of Schools -
   Jon Marshall, Evaluator, Missouri Statewide PCEP Project

   Implementing a Quasi-Experimental Study of Character Education:
   Lessons Learned from Project Heart, Head, Hands (H3)
- Ginny Lee,
   Project Director, Alameda PCEP Project, Hayward, CA (presented in Costa Mesa only)

   School District of Philadelphia Evaluation of the Partnership for Character Education
   Grant
- Michelle Grimley, Project Director, and Shelley Billig, Evaluator,
   Philadelphia PCEP Project (presented in Savannah only)

Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) Requirement
   Building a Better Program: Assessing Program Effectiveness -
   Betty Straub and Brent Garrett, PIRE-CETAC

Template for Reporting Results
   Suggested Outline for Reporting PCEP Results -
   Brent Garrett and Betty Straub, PIRE-CETAC

Breakout Session-Evaluating Project Efforts
   Process Evaluation: How does a school become a more Caring School Community?
   - Ingrid Roberson, Evaluator, San Francisco PCEP Project, CA (presented in Costa
   Mesa only)

   Why use rigorous, scientifically valid evaluations? - Ann Higgins-D’Alessandro,
   Evaluator, Syracuse PCEP Project (presented in Savannah only)

Breakout Session-Gaining Support for Evaluation Efforts
Getting Everyone on Board: Mobilizing for Program Research - Betsy Arnow, Project Director, and Doug Grove, Project Evaluator, Orange County PCEP Project, Costa Mesa, CA

 


 

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