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Allan Porowski and Heather Clawson on Conducting a Large-Scale, Mixed-Method Evaluation of a Dropout Prevention Program

Hello! We’re Allan Porowski from ICF International and Heather Clawson from Communities In Schools (CIS). We completed a five-year, comprehensive, mixed-method evaluation of CIS, which featured  several study components – including three student-level randomized controlled trials; a school-level quasi-experimental study; eight case studies; a natural variation study to identify what factors distinguished the most successful …

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Susan Kistler on Evaluation in Informal Learning Environments

I’m Susan Kistler, the American Evaluation Association’s Executive Director. Today, I am writing from the AEA Board of Director’s meeting being held at the Hilton Minneapolis. Why would you care? This is the headquarters hotel for Evaluation 2012 and it’s a lovely place – right downtown, lots to do within walking distance, restaurants galore, and …

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