New Challenges Facing Interinstitutional Social Science and Educational Program Evaluation Research at Academic Health Centers: A Case Study from the ELAM Program

Challenges Facing Educational Research

Distributional Analysis in Educational Evaluation: A Case Study from the New York City Voucher Program.

We use quantile treatment effects estimation to examine the consequences of the random-assignment New York City School Choice Scholarship Program (NYCSCSP) across the distribution of student achievement. Our analyses suggest that the program had negligible and statistically insignificant effects across the skill distribution. In addition to contributing to the literature on school choice, the p...

reflections on taught courses of the iranian ma program in english translation: a mixed-methods study

the issue of curriculum and syllabus evaluation and revision has been in center of attention right from when curriculum came into attention of educational institutions. thus everywhere in the world in educational institutions curricula and syllabi are evaluated and revised based on the goals, the needs, existing content, etc.. in iran any curriculum is designed in a committee of specialists and...

The NINR Research Centers Program.

T raditionally, new developments in science have been the products of the creative mind of the independent scientist, striving to answer a question or solve a complex problem. This independent, investigator-initiated model remains a dominant driving force of research. However, as science progresses in the 21st century, additional research paradigms, interdisciplinary and cooperative in nature, ...

Evaluation of School Mental Health Promotion Program: A Qualitative Study

Background: Due to the need to identify problems related to mental health among students and their proper management by offering specialized medical services to them, recently a relevant research project has been fully implemented in schools of all grades in Iran. Since the only way to measure the effectiveness and find the strengths and weakness of a program is to evaluate it, the present stud...