Sponsor: Kalamazoo Public Schools
Principal Investigator: Dr. Gary Miron
December 1, 2004 - June 30, 2007

This after school program was operated by the Kalamazoo Communities in Schools Foundation in collaboration with the Kalamazoo Public Schools. It sought to help at-risk student through homework assistance, tutoring, arts, and sciences enrichment activities, and drug abuse prevention. The Center was evaluating program implementation and impacts on school climate, academic achievement, and parent and student satisfaction.

Sponsor: Starr Commonwealth and Kalamazoo Public Schools
Principal Investigator: Dr. Gary Miron
August 1, 2004 - June 30, 2007

The No disposable Kids program was an effort implemented by Starr Commonwealth at six Kalamazoo Public Schools to improve relationships among staff and students and reduce racism and bullying. The Center evaluated program implementation and impacts on school climate, student behavior, and teacher perceptions.

June 14, 2004 - June 30, 2005

Evaluation of PIRC

Sponsor: Kalamazoo Public Schools
Principal Investigator: Dr. Chris Coryn and Dr. Arlen Gullickson
June 1, 2004 - August 30, 2006

The Center evaluated the Kalamazoo Public Schools’ Summer Enrichment program for three consecutive years. The evaluation, conducted by interdisciplinary evaluation graduate students, included a goal-free evaluation component and was structured around Michael Scriven’s Key Evaluation checklist.

Sponsor: Kamehameha Schools
Principal Investigator: Dr. Gary Miron
April 4, 2004 - June 30, 2005

The Kamehameha Schools’ Pauahi Keiki Scholars (PKS) program provided need-based vouchers or scholarships for three- and four-year-olds to attend eligible private preschools. The evaluation of this program reviewed the implementation of the PKS program and assessed the program’s impact on children, families, and preschools.

Sponsor: Delaware State Board of Education and Department of Education
Principal Investigator: Dr. Jerry Horn and Dr. Gary Miron
December 5, 2003 - January 31, 2007

The Evaluation Center contracted with the Delaware State Board of Education and Department of Education to conduct a comprehensive evaluation of the charter school initiative in Delaware. The critical questions addressed concerned impact, innovation, comparison with public school districts, relationships between schools and authorizers, management structure, factors linked to success in achieving school mission and improving learning, and how best to strengthen initiative. The analysis of student level data to measure the impact of the charter schools was one of the most rigorous studies of student achievement in charter schools ever completed.

October 31, 2003

Third year of FRA evaluation.

Sponsor: Federal Department of Education
Principal Investigator: Dr. Pamela Zeller
October 30, 2003

This two-year project was funded through the Federal Department of Education. The Enrichment Channel was a unique new multi-media experience that delivered learning materials and lesson guides directly into classrooms and homes via computer and telecommunications technologies.

October 1, 2003 - June 30, 2005

Evaluation of KSPABS

September 30, 2003

Continue the study of Pennsylvania Charter Schools

September 20, 2003

Evaluation of a long-term care screening tool

Sponsor: W. K. Kellogg Foundation
Principal Investigator: Dr. Pam Zeller
August 8, 2003 - December 21, 2006

The Helping Schools Get Ready for All Children (Ready Schools) project was a three-year project funded by the W. K. Kellogg Foundation and implemented through the High/Scope Educational Research Foundation. Project’s principal goals were to create a Ready School Assessment and Improvement Plan, pilot test the Ready School assessment, provide public communication and widespread dissemination of the Ready School assessment. Evaluators provided formative and summative evaluations.

Principal Investigator: Dr. Pamela Zeller
August 1, 2003 - September 30, 2004

Evaluation of Target/Plus

Sponsor: University of Montana
Principal Investigator: Dr. Arlen Gullickson
August 1, 2003 - August 31, 2008

The University of Montana’s Partnership for Comprehensive Equity (PACE) was an alliance of central administrators, deans, department heads/chairs, and faculty to bring about lasting change in the status and role of women faculty in science and mathematics. The Evaluation Center evaluated the effort, focusing on the extent to which the project’s objectives were met.

Sponsor: Center for Disease Control and Prevention
Principal Investigator: Dr. Carl Hanssen
June 1, 2003 - December 15, 2006

This project examined the development of a new methodology called SWAT. The method was intended as a middle ground evaluation strategy to identify worksites with promising practices. The Evaluation Center, in collaboration with Dr. Frances Lawrenz at the University of Minnesota, conducted formative and summative evaluation of the methodology.

May 30, 2003

Focus groups

Sponsor: Kamehameha Schools
Principal Investigator: Dr. Gary Miron
April 1, 2003 - June 30, 2005

The Evaluation Center executed a pilot study and evaluation of the Kamehameha Schools Preschool Program. Additional tasks included a review of assessment and accountability activities. At the close of the project, a detailed evaluation plan and an expanded database were in place to assist program staff in conducting a larger scale evaluation of the entire program.

Sponsor: Kamehameha Schools
Principal Investigator: Dr. Gary Miron
April 1, 2003 - September 24, 2004

The Evaluation Center provided technical assistance in program evaluation for the Kamehameha Schools Extension Education Division (EED). The two main goals were to further build capacity and knowledge regarding evaluation and monitoring within EED; and promote the growth and development of EED as a learning organization.

December 14, 2002

External evaluation assistance to assess SERVE’s developmental and accountability needs.  

October 31, 2002

Design and conduct 2 elements of the examination of an Amtrak safety initiative, “Rulebook Consolidation Project.”