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50 Years of ERIC
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The Evaluation Exchange. Volume XV Number 1. Spring 2010
Coffman, Julia, Ed.; Harris, Erin, Ed. – Harvard Family Research Project, 2010
This issue of The Evaluation Exchange explores the promising practices and challenges associated with taking an enterprise to scale, along with the role that evaluation can and should play in that process. Surprisingly few examples exist of nonprofit efforts that have scaled up and achieved lasting success. A program or approach may be strong…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Nonprofit Organizations, Scaling, Private Financial Support
Measurement Tools for Evaluating Out-of-School Time Programs: An Evaluation Resource. Out-of-School Time Evaluation Snapshot. Number 6 Out-of-School Time Evaluation Snapshot Measurement Tools for Evaluating Out-of-School Time Programs: An Evaluation Resource Number 6 November 2005 Updated August 2008
Wimer, Christopher; Bouffard, Suzanne; Little, Priscilla M.D. – Harvard Family Research Project, 2008
Harvard Family Research Project's (HFRP) series of "Out-of-School Time Evaluation Snapshots" distills the wealth of information compiled in our Out-of-School Time (OST) Program Research and Evaluation Database into a single report. Each "Snapshot" examines a specific aspect of out-of-school time (OST) evaluation. This "Snapshot" describes…
Descriptors: After School Programs, Program Evaluation, Measurement Techniques, Program Effectiveness
The Jacksonville Children's Commission. Complementary Learning in Action
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Bouffard, Suzanne; Malone, Helen – Harvard Family Research Project, 2007
In February of 2007, 30 youth aged 13-18 assembled at the Jacksonville Children's Commission (JCC) to research and discuss issues in their communities and worldwide children's rights. With facilitation, the youth established key issues that they wanted to address with the adults in their lives, with more effective communication with parents and…
Descriptors: Childrens Rights, Adolescents, Cooperation, Youth
The SUN Service System. Complementary Learning in Action
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Goss, Claire Brown; Bouffard, Suzanne – Harvard Family Research Project, 2007
This report highlights Multnomah County's (Oregon) SUN Service System, an antipoverty and prevention effort that connects educational, social, health, and other services under one umbrella. The SUN model of combining educational, social, and health supports is rooted in a strong history of community involvement and partnerships in Multnomah…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Prevention, Community Involvement, School Community Relationship
Learning From Small-Scale Experimental Evaluations of After School Programs. Snapshot Number 8
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Harvard Family Research Project, Harvard University, 2006
The Harvard Family Research Project (HFRP) Out-of-School Time Program Evaluation Database contains profiles of out-of-school time (OST) program evaluations. Its purpose is to provide accessible information about previous and current evaluations to support the development of high quality evaluations and programs in the OST field. Types of Programs…
Descriptors: After School Programs, Program Evaluation, Educational Research, Research Design
Measurement Tools for Evaluating Out-of-School Time Programs: An Evaluation Resource. Out-of-School Time Evaluation Snapshot. Number 6
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Harvard Family Research Project, Harvard University, 2005
Harvard Family Research Project's series of "Out-of-School Time Evaluation Snapshots" distills the wealth of information compiled in the Out-of-School Time (OST) Program Evaluation Database into a single report. Each "Snapshot" examines a specific aspect of out-of-school time evaluation. This "Snapshot" describes instruments used by current OST…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, After School Programs, Measurement Techniques, Program Effectiveness
Performance Measures in Out-of-School Time Evaluation. Out-of-School Time Evaluation Snapshot, Number 3.
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Harvard University Harvard Family Research Project, 2004
Increasingly, out-of-school time programs are being asked to provide data that documents their progress and demonstrates their results. But for many OST programs and their over-worked staff this added responsibility is the "straw that broke the camel?s back." Across the country there is a cry from programs for help in deciding what to measure and…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Youth Programs, After School Education, After School Programs