Session Description: Case Study Methods allow evaluators to approach program assessment from a powerful and flexible design palette
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Includes materials from both presentations. Case study method has enormous potential to inform evaluations of school- and district-based educational programs specifically, as the institution of public schools in the United States represents a unique and diverse structure that compels careful consideration of contextual limitations and opportunities. This session will draw on implementation studies of two school-based initiatives to illustrate how the choice and execution of case study method can enhance the rigor of education research, particularly in a climate of increasing accountability and pressure to produce improved academic outcomes
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The collaborative approach was based on the assumptions that: youth's different needs are met by different agencies; what constitutes effective programming varies depending on the age, history, and situation of the youth; and the providers are operating within a complex adaptive system. A multiple case study method was selected to investigate how these principles were employed and experienced by multiple stakeholders within the system
In this study, we evaluated the implementation of small learning communities (SLCs) in a large urban K-12 school district. Using case study methods, we examined three unique high schools implementing their distinct SLC models guided by a district plan
Rayyes and Barela AEA 2011 SLC Case Study.ppt
This evaluation approach differed from the more traditional experimental approaches used in science to service studies of SBMH research and evaluation. By using a case study method, stakeholders' views of the program became the foundation for determining the program's impact and value
Presentation given at AEA annual conference in 2009 describing results of dissertation research on how evaluators' principles and social capital influence resource decisions, broadly defined. This study expanded on previous research by Alkin & Christie, featured in New Directions for Evaluation...
Crohn AEA 2009 - Dissertation final - MS PPT 2003 version.ppt