Broad-based Experience

The Evaluation Services Center has particular strengths in the evaluation of education-related programs, including professional development and training programs and human services for children and families. Our expertise and experience is sought by college and university programs; schools and school districts; providers of training and staff development; community groups and volunteer boards and programs; government; human service organizations and health service providers.

College and university programs

  • Evaluation of grant-funded programs and projects
  • Student surveys and course evaluations
  • Data gathering for accountability and accreditation purposes
  • Evaluation of education programs in the STEM disciplines

Training and professional development

  • Needs assessments for professional development and professional resources
  • Evaluation of preservice teacher training initiatives
  • Evaluations of Pre-K-12 teacher training and technical assistance projects for implementing instructional and assessment programs and techniques
  • Evaluations of training and resources delivered via distance learning and the Internet

Schools and school districts

  • Evaluation of grant-funded programs and projects
  • Evaluation of reform initiatives
  • Evaluation of implementation of academic content standards for K-12 school districts
  • Evaluation of college access programs
  • Evaluation of programs for language minority students
  • Evaluation of alternative education
  • Evaluation of after-school programming
  • Evaluation of educational programming in the arts
  • Surveys of parent and community opinions and interests
  • Training and technical assistance for program evaluation
  • Training and support for teachers' classroom action research studies
  • Training and support for handling student assessment data

Human and health services

  • Technical assistance related to tracking outcomes
  • Evaluation of community outreach and education efforts
  • Evaluation of adult basic education and parenting education programs
  • Evaluation of health services and health access for youth and adults
  • Evaluation of health education programs

Community groups & volunteer boards and programs

  • Evaluations of collaborations among community partners
  • Evaluation of programs for neighborhood improvement
  • Evaluation of community education programs

 

Mission Statement

Our mission is to support, educate, and build the capacity of educational and human services programs to make data-based decisions for accountability, meaningful program improvement, and policy development.