RESOURCES: evaluation

[Victoria Vrana]

A number of recent posts have brought up the need for examples of evaluation
models.  Here are a couple of useful resources.  Does anyone know of other
good examples?  What kinds of evaluation processes are different
youth/tech/afterschool programs using?

Victoria Vrana
Morrino Institute

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The American Youth Policy Forum's report, "Some things DO Make a Difference
for Youth: A Compendium of Evaluations of Youth Programs and Practices"
This handy, user-friendly guide summarizes 69 evaluations of youth
interventions involving mentoring, employment and training, education and
youth development for policymakers and program practitioners as they craft
strategies affecting services and support for our nation's youth,
particularly
disadvantaged young people. What works and why? Volume 2, "MORE things DO
Make a Difference....." summarizes more than 50
additional initiatives on school-to-work, vocational education, Tech Prep,
school reform, juvenile justice and other areas of youth policy. You can
download the documents from the Web or order them from AYPF for $10 each.

http://www.nydic.org/evaluation.html
The National Youth Development Information Center devotes a whole section of
its site to evaluation and includes a link to its database of recent
research.

http://www.hud.gov/nnw/nneval98.html
The Department of Housing and Urban Development's (HUD) Neighborhood
Networks program provides a template online for evaluation of its community
technology sites.