What will program sponsors and staff have to do in the evaluation?
• School districts involved in the evaluation will be asked to provide overall information about their schools, so they can be randomly assigned to test the program curriculum or to be in the control group. Staff in the schools will be asked to provide information about class schedules and requirements for taking the pregnancy prevention class. School staff will obtain informed consent from parents for their children to be involved in the study (in both program and control schools), with support from the evaluation team. When it is time to conduct baseline or follow-up surveys in schools, Mathematica Policy Research will send its own staff to the schools to administer the questionnaires. However, they will need the schools cooperation in scheduling the survey sessions and assembling students for the survey (and possibly for locating students for follow-up). School district officials will be asked to provide administrative data on students in the sample, including transcript information
• School districts involved in the evaluation will be asked to provide overall information about their schools, so they can be randomly assigned to test the program curriculum or to be in the control group. Staff in the schools will be asked to provide information about class schedules and requirements for taking the pregnancy prevention class. School staff will obtain informed consent from parents for their children to be involved in the study (in both program and control schools), with support from the evaluation team. When it is time to conduct baseline or follow-up surveys in schools, Mathematica Policy Research will send its own staff to the schools to administer the questionnaires. However, they will need the schools cooperation in scheduling the survey sessions and assembling students for the survey (and possibly for locating students for follow-up). School district officials will be asked to provide administrative data on students in the sample, including transcript information
Related Questions
- What criteria does the program staff use to evaluate whether it is accomplishing its goals? Is the evaluation directly determined, or indirectly inferred?
- If there are a lot of centre changes and/or staff changes in the program can the ECERS evaluation be prolonged? If yes, how much extra time can be given?
- Who sponsors the Catholic Charity Fund RIPTIK program?
