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Research and Evaluations
Research
Compendium of Assessment and Research Tools (CART)
A searchable database that provides information on instruments that measure attributes associated with youth development programs (such as service-learning). CART includes descriptions of research instruments, tools, rubrics, and guides and is intended to assist those who have an interest in studying the effectiveness of service-learning, safe and drug-free schools and communities, and other school-based youth development activities.
Emerging Issues in School, Family & Community Connections
Current research reveals that there are many different activities that connect families and schools. Often these activities are quite different from each other, yet they are lumped together as "parent involvement" or "school-family connections." Some activities happen at home and others at school. This report, the first in a series of five, is based on a review of more than 160 publications, including research, practice, and theory. It highlights promising new areas of research, unanswered questions about the process and results of these connections.
The Impacts of Service-Learning on Youth, Schools and Communities: Research on K-12 School-based Service-Learning
1990-1999 by Shelley Billig.
"Service-Learning & Community Service among 6th- through 12th-Grade Students in the U.S.: 1996 &; 1999"
Examines reports by students on community service participation, school practices that promote community service, & service-learning experiences in relation to student & school characteristics.
"Service-Learning & Community Service in K-12 Public Schools"
The first national study of service-learning in America's K-12 public schools (in the spring of 1999). Among the results: roughly one-third of these schools provide service-learning to some extent & most that do also give teachers help integrating service-learning into curricula.
Evaluation
Implementation Workshop Survey
Combining Service and Learning in Higher Education: Summary Report
Service-Learning and Assessment: A Field Guide for Teachers
Need help assessing student learning through service-learning projects? Tired of trying to find ways to evaluate a project? If you answered YES!, then this guide is for you. This guide is available for downloading from the National Service-Learning Clearinghouse website.
Summary Report: National Evaluation of Leand and Serve America
Between 1994-1997, Brandeis University's Center for Human Resources, once Abt Associates, Inc., conducted an evaluation of the national Learn and Serve school and community-based programs for the Corporation for National Service. This file is in PDF format.
Shumer Self-Assessment for Service-Learning - SSASL
Are you interested in thoroughly assessing the quality of your service-learning programs and developing thoughtful plans for the future? If so, the Shumer Self-Assessment for Service-Learning (SSASL) is for you. This 40-page guide is designed to gather information helpful to you--to improve your service-learning initiative, report on it, publicize it, secure support for it, or seek funding for it. This file is in Word format. To save it to your computer, right-click on the link and select "Save As..." or "Save Target As..."
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