Evaluation Research Program (ER) Discovering what works and why. WestEd's Evaluation Research Program (ERP) provides policymakers and practitioners with impartial, evidence-based information to improve education and other services. ERP studies cover everything from national school reform to community-based social services. Staff apply the most rigorous and appropriate social science tools to produce accurate and reliable studies, then communicate findings in a manner that contributes to a better understanding of whether a program is effective, whether a policy is having the desired impact, whether a chosen approach is the most cost-effective way of accomplishing goals, how an effort can be improved, or whether an initiative should be continued. Program staff, with American Institutes for Research, completed a large-scale, national longitudinal study of the federal Comprehensive School Reform Program. More recently, ERP was selected to evaluate an arts education initiative funded through the federal Investing in Innovation (i3) competition. Director: Martin Orland Contact: Stephannie Reizuch Tel: 562.799.5421 Email: sreizuc@WestEd.org Topics we address: Evaluation Services we offer: Research and Evaluation Projects associated with this program: Magnet Schools Assistance Program (MSAP) Compliance Monitoring Beaverton School District Arts for Learning (A4L) Lessons Project Evaluation of Texas School Dropout Prevention and Reentry Program Grants LegiSchool Center for Comprehensive School Reform and Improvement Streetside Stories Rodel Exemplary Teacher Initiative KIPP Charter Schools Evaluation of ASSETs Program Public Education Partnership Academic Improvement Evaluation Evaluation of Pathways to Leadership Professional Development Program Opening Minds thru Arts I Partnerships in Character Education Program Evaluation Irvine Safe Schools/Healthy Students: Evaluation Irvine Santa Monica School-Based Mental Health Evaluation Professional Development for Arts Educators National Endowment for the Arts Center Theatre Group's Annenberg Middle School Program California Alliance for Arts Education (CAAE) All Kinds of Minds Beckman@Science Longitudinal Assessment of the Comprehensive School Reform Program Implementation and Outcomes Evaluation of Link 'n Learn Middle School Links: San Francisco Unified School District Evaluation of Los Angeles Unified School District Health/DATE Programs WestEd staff involved with this program: Sara Allender, Senior Research Associate Jerry Bailey, Senior Statistician Juan Carlos Bojorquez, Senior Research Associate John Bosma, Associate Director, Evaluation Research Program Daniel Bugler, Senior Research Associate John Carr, Senior Research Associate Carol Cohen, Senior Research Associate Marycruz Diaz, Senior Research Associate Rebeca Diaz, Senior Research Associate John Flaherty Jr., Senior Research Associate Jeremy Friedman, Research Assistant Norman Gold, Senior Research Associate Kathryn Grogan, Research Assistant Alberto Heredia, Senior Research Associate Sharon Herpin, Senior Research Associate Jerry Hipps, Project Director Jian Li, Research Associate Laurie Maak, Senior Research Associate, Web-Based Communication Ellen Mandinach, Senior Research Scientist Sara Martinez, Research Associate Joseph McCrary, Senior Research Associate Isabel Montemayor, Research Associate Jonathan Nakamoto, Research Associate Martin Orland, Director of Evaluation and Policy Research Valentin Pedroza, Research Associate Michelle Ramos, Research Associate John Rice, Senior Research Associate Fernando Rodriguez Jr, Research Assistant Stephen Ruffini, Senior Research Associate Khadijah Salaam, Research Associate Marisela Sifuentes, Research Assistant Sandy Sobolew-Shubin, Project Director Jaclyn Tejwani, Research Associate Emanda Thomas, Research Associate Julie Torres, Program Assistant Jennifer Verrier, Administrative Assistant Adrienne Quinn Washington, Research Associate Donna Winston, Research Associate Resources related to this program: Achieving Dramatic School Improvement Evaluation of the Comprehensive School Reform Program Implementation and Outcomes Evaluation of the Comprehensive School Reform Program Implementation and Outcomes The Supply's the Limit: Meeting the Challenge of Knowledge and Capacity Constraints to Significant Educational Improvement School Turnaround Policies and Practices in Australia, Canada, England, and New Zealand The Federal Comprehensive School Reform Program and School Turnaround Avoiding Déjà Vu: Lessons From the Federal Comprehensive School Reform Program for the Current School Turnaround Agenda (Forum Proceedings) The Complexities of Integrating Data-Driven Decision Making into Professional Preparation in Schools of Education Data-Driven School Improvement: Linking Data and Learning ASSETs Final Evaluation Report ASSETs Interim Evaluation Report Evaluation of the Texas School Dropout Prevention and Reentry Program Grants: Final Report Examining Comprehensive School Reform Final Report on the Evaluation of the National Science Foundation's Instructional Materials Development Program Handbook of Education Policy Research Inside High School Reform: Making the Changes That Matter Making Mathematics Accessible to English Learners National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program: Final Evaluation Report R&D Alert® Fall/Winter 1999 R&D Alert® Vol. 4, No. 2 R&D Alert® Winter 2001 Mathematical Sciences and Their Application Throughout the Curriculum: Final Report Stop the Clock: Ending the Tyranny of Time in Education