Harcourt Achieve’s Responsive Instruction for Success in English (RISE) professional development program.
Mixed-method evaluation to assess participants’ reactions, participants’ learning, organization support and change, participants’ use of new knowledge and skills, and student learning outcomes as a result of the RISE professional development program. Data collection methods include training follow-up questionnaires, administrator and instructional staff surveys, a teacher pre/post knowledge and skill assessment, and student assessments.
The Alcoa Foundation’s and Virginia Commonwealth University’s Social Venture Initiative. Evaluation of a collaborative technical assistance program to build the capacity of four, nonprofit organizations in developing and pursuing social venture initiatives. Data collection methods included in-depth interviews and document review.
Organizational change study with the Nebraska Department of Education. Case study and widely-disseminated monograph about how the Nebraska Department of Education (DOE) organized itself differently to affect change; the role of the external agent in working with the clients; the intended and realized outcomes of the team’s work with the external agent; and the key, generalizable elements of the Nebraska DOE change process.
Organizational change and capacity study for the Children, Youth, and Families at Risk Evaluation Collaboration. Administered and analyzed results from a statewide survey designed to document North Carolina’s ability to develop and support effective programs for at-risk children, youth, and families. Results were disseminated nationally through formal reports and presentations.
Evaluation technical assistance training for the North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service. Provided evaluation workshops that addressed the following: 1) best practices in evaluating and marketing parent education programs, 2) evaluating comprehensive parent support service programs, 3) documenting the successes of community programs
North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service program development training. Conducted educational seminars on the following topics: 1) designing effective parent education programs, 2) best practices for child abuse prevention programs, 3) developing successful programs to build resiliency among children, youth, families, and communities.
”PRIME” Evaluation for Norfolk, Virginia Public Schools. Evaluated a comprehensive school-wide reform initiative implemented in six schools. Worked with participants in completing an implementation assessment using the Concerns-Based Adoption Model. Analyzed and reported results from the CBAM for multiple stakeholders.
Systemic Change through Collaborative Action Research. Examined the impact of capacity building on educators in five, long-term research sites as well as assessed the indirect impacts on student learning. Evaluation work focused on the ability of partners to collaborate to conduct research that promotes systemic change.
