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Direct linkLyons, Michael D.; McQuillin, Samuel D. – Child & Youth Care Forum, 2021
Background: Mentoring programs pair non-familial adults with children and adolescents for the purposes of promoting positive youth development. Although these programs are widely popular, evaluations tend to show that mentoring programs have, on average, modest effects on youth outcomes. Some researchers have suggested that mentoring programs…
Descriptors: Mentors, Youth Programs, Program Effectiveness, Program Evaluation
Begley, Thelma; Daly, Louise; Downes, Carmel; De Vries, Jan; Sharek, Danika; Higgins, Agnes – Sex Education: Sexuality, Society and Learning, 2022
This paper reports on findings from an integrative literature review of evaluation studies undertaken into sexual health promotion preparation programmes aimed at professionals with a sexual health promotion remit. Using a pre-defined search strategy, inclusion criteria and PRISMA guidelines, databases were systematically searched. Studies were…
Descriptors: Training, Sex Education, Health Promotion, Knowledge Level
Jennifer Sdunzik; Ann M. Bessenbacher; Wilella D. Burgess; Asia M. Mohamud; Abdirisak Dalmar – American Journal of Evaluation, 2025
The success of development projects and evaluations hinges on having access to research protocols and methodologies that consider the needs and characteristics of stakeholders, subjects, and context while remaining rigorous and culturally sound. These efforts are often complicated by a dearth of tools that have been tested for validity and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Program Evaluation, International Programs, Data Collection
Download full textDeborah Oluwadele; Yashik Singh; Timothy Adeliyi – Electronic Journal of e-Learning, 2024
Validation is needed for any newly developed model or framework because it requires several real-life applications. The investment made into e-learning in medical education is daunting, as is the expectation for a positive return on investment. The medical education domain requires data-wise implementation of e-learning as the debate continues…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Evaluation Methods, Medical Education, Sustainability
Lifei Huang – ProQuest LLC, 2024
This paper explores how the charter school sector evaluates the success of specialized education programs in order that the Nature School can learn from these best practices and develop its own framework. The researcher conducted in-depth interviews with five evaluation experts and eight diverse charter school authorizers overseeing a significant…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Program Evaluation, Charter Schools, Models
Eunjoo Jang – ProQuest LLC, 2024
The transfer of training from learning environments to workplace environments has been a major concern for training professionals and researchers for decades. How should organizations evaluate the effectiveness of their training programs and what impacts are those programs having on their employees' on-the-job performance? These questions are…
Descriptors: Intervention, Electronic Learning, Transfer of Training, Work Environment
Claire M. de Mezerville-López – Journal of Youth Development, 2023
This paper explores the external developmental assets and how they manifest in specific youth programs from Colombia, Guatemala, and Honduras. An evaluation process was created through a qualitative phenomenological with the youth programs' leadership. To triangulate the data, a survey was developed and piloted with a small sample from three youth…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Community Programs, Youth Programs, Program Evaluation
Kendra Thompson-Dyck; Michelle Sogge; Lucas Schalewski; Alexandra Robie – Research & Practice in Assessment, 2025
This article provides a model for robust student affairs program assessment using diverse data sources, multiple outcomes, propensity score matching, and cost analysis. Contemporary outcome-based assessment in student affairs requires equity-minded approaches paired with methods that support causal inference and actionable results. As a guide for…
Descriptors: Minority Serving Institutions, Hispanic Americans, Student Personnel Services, Student Personnel Workers
Sarah J. Wallace; Zheng Yen Ng; Bridget Burton; Megan Isaacs; Ryan Deslandes; Gopal Sinh; Kim Barron; Phill Jamieson; Kirstine A. Shrubsole; David A. Copland; Janet Wiles; Victoria J. Palmer; Pippa Evans; Kyla Hudson; Anthony J. Angwin; Annie J. Hill; Barbra H. B. Timmer; Matthew J. Gullo; Jessica H. Campbell; Peter Worthy – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2025
Background: Speech and language therapy for post-stroke aphasia (language/communication impairment) improves language and communication in the short-term; however, access to therapy is limited, and effects are not always maintained. Mobile Health (mHealth) applications may support long-term therapy access and maintenance of gains. We present a…
Descriptors: Neurological Impairments, Aphasia, Rehabilitation, Speech Therapy
Ralph Renger; Elias Samuels; Jessica Renger; Ellen Champagne – American Journal of Evaluation, 2025
This article presents the Renger System Test (RST) as a method for assessing whether a system evaluation approach is suitable for evaluating complex interventions. The RST has three criteria: (1) the intervention includes multiple components, (2) these components operate interdependently, and (3) their interdependence produces an outcome that no…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Criteria, Systems Approach
Mitch Schneider – ProQuest LLC, 2022
With social-emotional learning's (SEL) significant impact on academic, emotional, behavioral, social, and lifelong success, it is necessary to ensure its continued adoption, implementation, and effectiveness within schools. While SEL is at its highest levels of awareness and implementation, it still faces significant barriers to effectiveness.…
Descriptors: Social Emotional Learning, Program Effectiveness, Program Implementation, Barriers
Stewart, Joshua; Joyce, Jeanette; Haines, Mckenzie; Yanoski, David; Gagnon, Douglas; Luke, Kyle; Rhoads, Christopher; Germeroth, Carrie – Regional Educational Laboratory Central, 2021
Program evaluation is important for assessing the implementation and outcomes of local, state, and federal programs. The Program Evaluation Toolkit provides tools and resources to support individuals responsible for evaluating and monitoring local, state, or federal programs. The toolkit comprises eight modules that cover critical steps in program…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Program Effectiveness, State Programs, Federal Programs
Dorimé-Williams, Marjorie L.; Williams, Michael Steven; Carr, Amanda; Choi, Soobin; Fritz, N'ya; Joseph, Tricia; Pomilee, Brittany; Udoh, Ekaete – Journal of Student Affairs Research and Practice, 2023
Summer bridge programs (SBPs) are intended to promote student learning, academic achievement, and persistence to graduation. They are also a viable vehicle for supporting diverse minoritized student constituencies. Our study, guided by a student-centered assessment approach, examined the experiences of incoming first-year students. Findings…
Descriptors: Summer Programs, Transitional Programs, Student Attitudes, Academic Achievement
Casey, Erin A.; Vanslyke, Jan; Beadnell, Blair; Tatiana Masters, N.; McFarland, Kirstin – American Journal of Evaluation, 2023
Principles focused evaluation (PFE) can complement existing formative and outcome evaluation plans by identifying Effectiveness Principles (EPs), an operationalization of values and standards that guide practitioners during program implementation. To date, however, few examples of PFE are available in the literature. This description of the…
Descriptors: Rape, Prevention, Sexual Abuse, Evaluation Methods
Benedetto, Valerio; Filipe, Luis; Harris, Catherine; Tahir, Naheed; Doherty, Alison; Clegg, Andrew – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2023
Background: Mainstream economic evaluations methods may not be appropriate to capture the range of effects triggered by interventions for people with intellectual disabilities. In this systematic review, we aimed to identify, assess and synthesise the arguments in the literature on how the effects of interventions for people with intellectual…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Cost Effectiveness, Program Costs, Intervention
