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Dunsmuir, Sandra; Brown, Emma; Iyadurai, Suzi; Monsen, Jeremy – Educational Psychology in Practice, 2009
With the growing emphasis on accountability and evidence-based practice, evaluation has become increasingly important in the contexts in which educational psychologists (EPs) practice. This paper describes a Target Monitoring and Evaluation (TME) system, derived from Goal Attainment Scaling (GAS) which was developed to evaluate outcomes of a wide…
Descriptors: Educational Psychology, Evaluation Methods, Psychometrics, Replication (Evaluation)
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de la Rosa, Ivan A.; Perry, Joanne; Dalton, Lisa E.; Johnson, Victoria – Research on Social Work Practice, 2005
Objective: Using a theory of change framework, this study examines outcome measures of a home visitation program that provided services to first-born children and their parents living in southwestern New Mexico. Method: Home visitation workers conducted pretest and posttest assessments for prenatal and postpartum periods for 109 families receiving…
Descriptors: Home Visits, Pretests Posttests, Prenatal Care, Birth Order
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Johnson, Kristen; Wagner, Dennis – Research on Social Work Practice, 2005
Objective: In 1997, Michigan's Family Independence Agency piloted case management procedures designed to expedite permanency and improve services to children in foster care. Method: A 3-year evaluation examined outcomes in nine pilot and nine comparison counties to determine if children in the pilot counties achieved permanency, either returned…
Descriptors: Management Systems, Foster Care, Program Evaluation, Pilot Projects