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Lists Evaluation Resources (American Evaluation Association) Provides sources of information on program evaluation. 2-02 Papers Accountability - Evaluating Accountability Systems (Phi Delta Kappa International) "According to RAND, what we are seeing in states leading the accountability charge -- Texas and Florida, for instance -- should also give us pause. To wit:" "students are becoming discouraged and competitive, rather than cooperative teachers are becoming alienated and are narrowing curricula to teach to tests administrators are becoming number-obsessed and are overspending on tests and other purchases peripheral to teaching and learning policy makers are becoming misinformed about learning and focused on the politics of perception, and communities are also becoming misinformed, as well as distrustful of schools and teachers." "The fundamental problem is that these reformers focus...on designing controls rather than developing capacity. In other words, instead of promoting and investing in the expertise of teachers and trusting them to do their job, most state systems focus their resources on building remote-control systems...." "And here is the point our present accountability hawks and our grassroots activists miss: systematically creating conditions of possibility for knowledgeable professionals to practice their art adaptively must be a crucial feature of any lasting education reform. Good teaching here and there is not enough. Securing meaningful learning opportunities for our own students or decent working conditions for ourselves and our own colleagues is not enough. We -- educators, parents, and other stakeholders who want meaningful education for all students -- need to work together for structural change as well." "Instead of asking, 'Does this system raise test scores?' and 'Is it efficient?' we'd be better off asking questions that correspond to Nebraska's 10 principles of sound accountability." "Does this system regard teachers as leaders? Does this system focus on capacity rather than controls? Does this system foster commitment and not mere compliance? Does this system promote integration of accountability and school improvement? Does this system risk complexity rather than demand simplicity? Does this system really include all students? Does this system engage all teachers? Does this system engage all other relevant stakeholders? Does this system keep pedagogy at its center? Does this system encourage high-impact, not high-stakes, assessment?" 1-04 American Evaluation Association Provides Topical Interest Groups, Web resources, events, training programs, jobs, Describes empowerment evaluation and how the Internet may help disseminate its methods. 2-02 Community-Based Initiatives - Program Evaluation and Sustainability (Harvard - Coffman and Bohan-Baker) "Evaluation can play a critical role in helping stakeholders start discussing sustainability early enough and maintain that discussion over time. This goes well beyond the traditional view of how evaluation can support sustainability, which is that if the results are good, data and reports can be used as marketing tools to solicit additional funding. While this function is important, evaluation can make an even more vital contribution." Evaluation can support initiative sustainability by:" Facilitating a focus on sustainability during strategy development Tracking progress and regularly feeding back information that can be used to ensure that sustainability is on course." 6-03 Community-Based, Complex Initiatives (Harvard - Weitzman and Silver) "To overcome some of the limitations of experimental and quasi-experimental designs, evaluators have employed a “theory of change” (TOC) approach to evaluate comprehensive community initiatives (CCIs).¹ This approach helps identify underlying assumptions, focuses on processes and systems within communities, clarifies desired outcomes, and embraces the complexity of comprehensive interventions." 10-23-03 Concept Paper - Principles for Evaluators Working in Multicultural Settings (American Evaluation Association - Thomas) Provides a review of literature related to adjusting evaluation standards to accomodate studies conducted in multicultural settings. 2-02 Cost-Benefit and Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of a School-Based Obesity Prevention Program (ObesityResearch.com) "Standard cost-effectiveness analysis methods and a societal perspective were used in this study. Three categories of costs were measured: intervention costs, medical care costs associated with adulthood overweight, and costs of productivity loss associated with adulthood overweight. Health outcome was measured as cases of adulthood overweight prevented and quality-adjusted life years (QALYs) saved. Cost-effectiveness ratio was measured as the ratio of net intervention costs to the total number of QALYs saved, and net-benefit was measured as costs averted by the intervention minus program costs." 1-04 Differences Between Evaluation and Social Science Research (Harvard.edu - Michael Scriven) "Social science research does not establish standards or values and then integrate them with factual results to reach evaluative conclusions. In fact, the dominant social science doctrine for many decades prided itself on being value free. So for the moment, social science research excludes evaluation." 11-06 Empowerment Evaluation (American Evaluation Association) Describes participatory, collaborative, and empowerment evaluation. "Empowerment evaluation is the use of evaluation concepts, techniques, and findings to foster improvement and self-determination." 2-02 Empowerment Evaluation and the Internet (Current Issues in Education - Fetterman ) Describes empowerment evaluation and how the Internet may help disseminate its methods. 2-02 Evaluation Handbook (W.K. Kellogg Foundation) Provides a guide to project and program evaluation. 2-02 Evaluation Resources (Online Evaluation Resource Library) Provides resources to help design and implement project and program evaluations. 2-02 Objectives - Writing Outcome Objectives (Project Star) Provides a traditional description of how to write outcome objectives. 2-02 Questions - School Climate Questions (Western Michigan University) Provides questions to help assess school climate. 1-04

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