Implementation Evaluation

SRI's education researchers conduct implementation evaluations of education programs and policies to understand how and why they are or are not achieving desired effects. Researchers document how goals and plans play out in different geographic, social, and policy contexts. We identify factors that enable and hinder program and policy implementation efforts, and provide timely feedback so that our clients can be more successful.

Projects

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Evaluation of Ready Schools Florida

SRI analyzed the effectiveness of an initiative to promote children's school readiness and long-term academic success.

Topics: Case Studies in Education Early Childhood Educational Impact Evaluation Implementation Evaluation School + Community Partnerships School Improvement: Student Success
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Evaluation of the McKnight Foundation’s Education + Learning Program

SRI is evaluating the McKnight Foundation’s effort to improve the literacy achievement of pre–K through third grade students in the Twin Cities through pathways that integrate and enhance prekindergarten through third grade literacy education.

Topics: Case Studies in Education Early Childhood Educational Impact Evaluation Extant Data Analysis Implementation Evaluation Randomized Controlled Trials + Quasi-Experimental Designs School Improvement School Improvement: Curriculum + Instruction School Improvement: Student Success Teacher Quality + Learning
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High School Leadership Initiative

Improving California high schools through leadership capacity building. SRI is evaluating an initiative that supports the development and implementation of leadership structures and practices associated with effective schools and positive student outcomes.

Topics: Case Studies in Education Evaluation Planning + Design Extant Data Analysis Implementation Evaluation School Improvement School Improvement: Curriculum + Instruction
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What Works Clearinghouse

For this government resource, SRI is reviewing research and practice guide development relevant to students with disabilities.

Topics: Implementation Evaluation Learning Technologies Policy Analysis Reading, Writing + Humanities Research on Learning School Improvement Science, Technology, Engineering + Mathematics Education Special Education/Disability Teacher Quality + Learning

Publications

Ready Schools Miami: A Systems Change Effort to Improve Children's Outcomes (Year 3 Evaluation)

Ready Schools is a radical systems change effort to improve the academic, health, and social outcomes of historically underserved children in one of this country’s largest and most diverse communities, Miami-Dade County. This report presents Year 3 findings of SRI's evaluation.

Topics: Case Studies in Education Early Childhood Educational Impact Evaluation Implementation Evaluation School + Community Partnerships School Improvement: Student Success
Ready Schools Miami: Year 2 Evaluation Findings

Since receiving support from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation in 2007, Ready Schools partners have made significant progress toward improving the systems in Miami-Dade that contribute to school readiness and success. This report presents findings of the second year of evaluation.

Topics: Case Studies in Education Early Childhood Educational Impact Evaluation Implementation Evaluation School + Community Partnerships School Improvement: Student Success
Early Implementation of Ready Schools Miami: Findings of the First-Year Evaluation

In only a year, Ready Schools partners have made significant progress toward improving the systems in Miami-Dade County that contribute to school readiness and success—early care, education, health and family support. This report presents findings of the first year of evaluation.

Topics: Case Studies in Education Early Childhood Educational Impact Evaluation Implementation Evaluation School + Community Partnerships School Improvement: Student Success

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