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Facilitating Evaluations of Innovative, Competence-Based Assessments: Creating Understanding and Involving Multiple Stakeholders
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Gulikers, Judith T. M.; Baartman, Liesbeth K. J.; Biemans, Harm J. A. – Evaluation and Program Planning, 2010
Schools are held more responsible for evaluating, quality assuring and improving their student assessments. Teachers' lack of understanding of new, competence-based assessments as well as the lack of key stakeholders' involvement, hamper effective and efficient self-evaluations by teachers of innovative, competence-based assessments (CBAs). While…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Stakeholders, Educational Assessment, Student Evaluation
Young People and Caregivers' Perceptions of an Intervention Program for Children Who Deliberately Light Fires
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Lambie, Ian; Seymour, Fred; Popaduk, Tanya – Evaluation and Program Planning, 2012
A significant number of children and adolescents engage in deliberate fire setting, beyond the scope of curiosity and experimentation. Interventions developed to respond to the needs of such fire setters generally involve educational and/or psychosocial approaches. Research evaluating the effectiveness of these interventions is dominated by…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Recidivism, Intervention, Caregivers
Blazing an Evaluation Pathway: Lessons Learned from Applying Utilization-Focused Evaluation to a Conservation Education Program
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Flowers, Alice B. – Evaluation and Program Planning, 2010
In 2005, state fish and wildlife agency wanted to examine how one of its conservation education programs was providing science-based understanding and outdoor experiences by evaluating students' knowledge, skills, attitudes and intended behavioral outcomes related to fish, fishing and aquatic habitats in Montana. A key factor in this study was the…
Descriptors: Animals, Conservation Education, Student Surveys, Teaching Methods
Staff and Client Perspectives on the Journey Mapping Online Evaluation Tool in a Drug Court Program
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Crunkilton, Dhira D. – Evaluation and Program Planning, 2009
The purpose of this study was to assess staff and client perspectives on the Internet-based Journey Mapping program evaluation tool. A drug court program was chosen for a case study research design. Six staff and 10 clients participated in interviews and observations, and also responded to a questionnaire. A staff survey provided additional data.…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Critical Incidents Method, Evaluation Methods, Research Methodology
The Generalizability of Brief Ratings of Psychosocial Functioning.
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Green, Rex S.; Jerrell, Jeanette M. – Evaluation and Program Planning, 1994
The multivariate generalizability of the Role Functioning Scale (RFS), which serves as a replacement for the global ratings of the Social Adjustment Scale, was studied with 396 severely disturbed clients of a public mental-health bureau. Generalizability of single subscales was less than that of the combined subscales. (SLD)
Descriptors: Adults, Drug Rehabilitation, Generalizability Theory, Interviews