Program Design, Development, and Evaluation

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Lucent Technologies Foundation

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From 1998 to 2001, the Heldrich Center served as a primary evaluator for the Lucent Technologies Foundation, performing regular evaluations of the foundation’s three primary youth and education grant programs. These programs included an ongoing summer program for high school students in Newark, New Jersey; a grant program that provided funding to a wide variety of youth education and development programs in New Jersey; and a national grant program that funded multi-cultural awareness programs for high school students. Working closely with the foundation’s staff, the Heldrich Center developed a common evaluation framework and strategy to provide the foundation with information that it needed to make informed decisions about its grant programs and individual grantees. The strategy included pre- and post-participation surveys for youth, interviews with program staff and stakeholders, and in-depth site visits to selected programs. The in-depth site visits included focus groups with students and interviews with program staff.

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Evaluations of youth and education grant programs.

Evaluation of New Jersey Parent Education Information Resource Centers

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Evaluation of New Jersey Parent Education Information Resource Centers

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Published Date

January 1, 2012

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Prevent Child Abuse New Jersey through a grant from the U.S. Department of Education

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William Mab

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The Heldrich Center conducted a five-year project to evaluate the effect of programs intended to increase parental involvement in New Jersey’s low-income schools. The research team employed a diverse array of methodologies, including site visits to study school districts, analysis of program data, telephone surveys of parents, and surveys of district and school personnel, to determine how well the programs have improved parental involvement as well as how the programs might be strengthened. In addition, Heldrich Center researchers used a quasi-experimental design to estimate the effect of the EPIC Ready, Set, Read curriculum on parental involvement and student academic achievement.

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Evaluation of the effects of programs intended to increase parental involvement in New Jersey’s low-income schools.

Evaluation of Essex County College’s STEM Learning Community

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Evaluation of Essex County College’s STEM Learning Community

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education and training

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Published Date

January 1, 2009

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Y.S. Department of Education’s Predominantly Black Institutions Grant Program

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From 2009 to 2011, the Heldrich Center conducted a process evaluation of the implementation of a change in Essex County College’s math education to add a recitation section to its first required math course (Algebra) that created a learning community in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. The evaluation included interviews with staff, focus groups with students and tutors, and participant observation. The center produced several reports with timely feedback for the college. In addition to the process analysis, the center conducted a quasi-experimental evaluation of the effect of the learning community on student grades and retention in college and retention in math and science majors.

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Evaluation of the implementation of changes to Essex County College's math education program.

Evaluation of Essex County College's Stay-in-Step Academy for Black Males

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Evaluation of Essex County College's Stay-in-Step Academy for Black Males

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education and training

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January 1, 2009

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U.S. Department of Education’s Predominantly Black Institutions Grant Program

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From 2009 to 2011, the Heldrich Center evaluated the Stay-in-Step Academy, which sought to improve the non-cognitive skills of black males at Essex County College. The program’s goal was to boost students’ motivation, their sense of self-efficacy, and other attitudes associated with positive academic and life outcomes. The center conducted a process evaluation of the program’s implementation, based on surveys, interviews, and focus groups. The center also conducted a quasi-experimental evaluation using the college’s student records data of whether the program improved the retention in college of black males who participated in the program compared to similar black males who did not participate.

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Evaluation of a program seeking to improve the non-cognitive skills of black males at Essex County College.

Evaluation of the New Jersey Department of Education’s Personalized Student Learning Plan Pilot

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Evaluation of the New Jersey Department of Education’s Personalized Student Learning Plan Pilot

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education and training

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Published Date

January 1, 2010

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New Jersey Department of Education

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The Heldrich Center contracted with the New Jersey Department of Education to conduct a process evaluation of the department Personalized Student Learning Plan (PSLP) pilot program. The evaluation, using a variety of methodologies, was designed to assess the implementation of PSLP plans in the 16 (middle and high) school pilot sites, collect objective performance measures and perceptual outcomes, and identify promising practices that can be used to inform the possible expansion of PSLPs in other schools throughout New Jersey.

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Evaluation of New Jersey's Personalized Student Learning Plan pilot program.

Evaluation of the DiversityWorks/Add Us In Grant Program

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Evaluation of the DiversityWorks/Add Us In Grant Program

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Published Date

January 1, 2015

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Funded By

The Workplace Inc., and the U.S. Department of Labor's Office of Disability Employment Policy

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