Sponsor: Ujima Enterprises Incorporated
Principal Investigator: Stephanie Evergreen
May 2, 2011 - April 21, 2012

Propose to conduct interviews with the UPAT parent educators to understand the growth they have witnessed in the parent participants. UPAT has the benefit of the inclusion of many quantitative instruments that assess parent knowledge gains. We believe qualitative data resulting from the parent educator interviews will complement the questionnaire data and strengthen the overall findings about parent knowledge produced through UPAT.

Sponsor: Kalamazoo Public Schools
Principal Investigator: Dr. Chris Coryn
Co-Principal Investigator(s): Kelly Robertson, Kurt Wilson
May 10, 2010 - June 3, 2011

The purpose of this evaluation is to determine the impact of KPS’s Office of Title I and School Improvement GED services at the Kalamazoo County Jail, make suggestions for improvements to the GED services, and evaluate the overall impact of this service/intervention.

Sponsor: Kalamazoo Public Schools
Principal Investigator: Dr. Chris Coryn
Co-Principal Investigator: Brooke Isham
May 10, 2010 - January 31, 2011

The purpose of this evaluation is to determine the effectiveness of the Title 1, Part D Juvenile Home Youth Center School and for the purpose of improvement.

Sponsor: Kalamazoo Public Schools
Principal Investigator: Dr. Chris Coryn
Co-Principal Investigator: Lindsay Noakes
May 10, 2010 - December 15, 2010

The purpose of this evaluation is to determine the perceived effectiveness of Title 1, Part A elementary support positions and professional development initiatives and their potential for impact on student achievement. The evaluation is intended to be primarily formative, that is, for the purpose of improvement. However, it also will be summative in that the information obtained will give an overall measure of perceived effectiveness over the 2009‐2010 school year.

Sponsor: Fulbright-Hayes Group Study Abroad
Principal Investigator: W. F. Santiago-Valles | Stephanie Evergreen
March 1, 2010 - May 1, 2011

The Center will provide feedback and reflection opportunities for the current group of scholars who traveled to West Africa to develop curriculum for implementation in midwest US classrooms. The Haenicke Institute for Global Education; the departments of Speech-Language Pathology, Africana Studies, and Health, Physical Education, and Recreation; and numerous public schools around the midwest are collaborating with the Center on this work.

Sponsor: Muskegon County
Principal Investigator: Stephanie Evergreen
October 16, 2009 - November 1, 2011

The external evaluation of Muskegon County’s Sobriety Court uses longitudinal data and interviews with ex-offenders to examine effectiveness and impacts. Recidivism, improved education and employment, secure housing, and sobriety are main project outcomes the evaluation is assessing. Beyond this, the evaluation seeks to understand the main participant groups taking part in Sobriety Court to help the client see with whom the court system is having the most success.

Sponsor: Public Sector Consultants, Inc.
Principal Investigator: Dr. Daniela Schröter
Co-Principal Investigator: Dr. Anne Cullen
October 5, 2009 - September 30, 2011

Michigan Saves is a recently funded innovative statewide energy efficiency and distributed renewable financing program, implemented by Public Sector Consultants Inc. in partnership with Delta Institute. The Evaluation Center serves as the program’s external evaluator tasked with conducting an evaluability assessment and process evaluation.

Sponsor: Heifer Project International
Principal Investigator: Dr. Michael Scriven
April 1, 2009 - July 31, 2010

The purpose for the evaluation was to document the impact of Heifer’s educational programs. The evaluation provided new insights and developed a complete picture of the impact of Heifer International’s Public Education programs as a major component of Heifer’s program portfolio. The evaluation helped provide a comprehensive assessment of Heifer’s public education programs and their alignment with and support of Heifer’s organization-wide goals and board ends.

Sponsor: International Labour Organization
Principal Investigator: Dr. Daniela schröter
April 1, 2009 - June 30, 2009

This project revised ILO’s evaluation appraisal tool, specifically reflecting the ILO declaration on social justice for a fair globalization; appraised ILO’s 2008 evaluation reports (roughly 40 reports); surveyed evaluators’ regarding compliance with evaluation processes and results; and reported finding back to ILO. The final report included both findings from each evaluation and synthesized findings across the evaluations.

Sponsor: Center for Student Opportunity
Principal Investigator: Dr. Daniela Schröter
March 2, 2009 - August 31, 2009

Purpose for the evaluation for the Center for Student Opportunity project is to develop a data collection plan and sampling framework; develop data collection instruments; implement a needs assessment; and report in aggregate.