ERIC Number: ED386330
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1995-Jan-23
Pages: 243
Abstractor: N/A
ISBN: N/A
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National Evaluation of the Even Start Family Literacy Program. Final Report: Appendices.
St. Pierre, Robert; And Others
Even Start is a national program of early childhood and adult education to improve family literacy. This document is a series of four appendices which accompany the National Evaluation of the Even Start Family Literacy Program, a 4-year effort to assess projects, participants, and effects of Even Start. Appendix A provides in-depth description of nine participating literacy projects in various states. These descriptions include information on each project's context; its adult education, parenting, and early childhood services; its staffing needs; and its retention strategies. Appendix B provides a full set of the Even Start National Evaluation Information System Forms. Appendix C is a full set of the forms used to gather information for the in-depth program descriptions. Appendix D provides a detailed description of deriving estimates of program effect from reference groups. Included in this description are sections on: (1) defining project effectiveness; (2) establishing reference groups for comparisons; (3) assessing the comparability of reference groups; (4) evaluating implementation issues; (4) checking validity of growth expectations; and (5) using reference group analyses at the individual project level. (JW)
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adults, Community Services, Disadvantaged Environment, Disadvantaged Youth, Early Childhood Education, Elementary School Students, Family Literacy, Intervention, Language Acquisition, Literacy Education, Parenthood Education, Parenting Skills, Preschool Children, Program Effectiveness, Program Evaluation, School Readiness, Vocabulary Skills
Publication Type: Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: N/A
Audience: N/A
Language: English
Sponsor: Department of Education, Washington, DC. Office of the Under Secretary.
Authoring Institution: RMC Research Corp., Arlington, VA.; Abt Associates, Inc., Bethesda, MD.
Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: General Educational Development Tests; Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test
Grant or Contract Numbers: N/A