This is a fairly basic protocol for the evaluation of a generic afterschool program. It provides a number of suggestions for prompting young people to provide good feedback, and can be modified to fit different needs and audiences
This worksheet provides activities to help you create a logic model based on your program’s theory of change. Once your logic model has been created, you can begin to identify evaluation questions.
This tip sheet summarizes the kinds of statistical and non-statistical bias that are most relevant to the evaluation of youth programs. It focuses specifically on biases that commonly affect measures of social and emotional competencies in young people, and provides guidance in how to deal with bias when analyzing and reporting on evaluation results.
Does your evaluation plan include the voices of participants? Their families? Are you assessing social and emotional competencies or attitudes toward your program using surveys, interviews, or focus groups? This brief checklist can help you assess your program’s readiness for evaluation activities.
This tip sheet summarizes the kinds of statistical and non-statistical bias that are most relevant to the evaluation of youth programs. It focuses specifically on biases that commonly affect measures of social and emotional competencies in young people, and provides guidance in how to deal with bias when analyzing and reporting on evaluation results.
This tip sheet summarizes different approaches to self-report survey tools designed to assess youth skills and dispositions.