Evaluation of the Ohio Mathematics Academy Program (OMAP) and the Ohio Science Institute (OSCI)
Ohio Department of Education
ICF was selected to evaluate OMAP and OSCI initiatives to improve teachers’ knowledge and instructional skills for classroom mathematics and science. These grant programs, funded jointly by the Ohio Department of Education and the U.S. Department of Education, supported the creation and implementation of professional development curricula using validated, research-based methodologies to address the complex issues surrounding the teaching and learning of mathematics and science in Ohio. Participating teachers received the curriculum in two-week summer professional development sessions. ICF relied on a one group pre/post design; assessments were administered to participating teachers at the beginning and end of their 2-week sessions. This data was supplemented with observations of the sessions to determine quality of the curriculum delivery, and participant surveys and interviews to document areas for improvement. The data was synthesized, and a user-friendly final report was prepared for each OMAP (6 reports) and OSCI content area (6 reports).
Evaluation of a Multi-Site Demonstration of Collaborations to Address Domestic Violence and Child Maltreatment (Greenbook Project)
National Institute of Justice
The Greenbook Project was designed to improve the way dependency courts, child protective services, and domestic violence service providers work together to address the problems of families with co-occurring domestic violence and child maltreatment. Under a five-year grant from the National Institute of Justice, ICF developed and implemented an integrated process and outcome evaluation design using multiple methods to measure the extent to which demonstration sites’ collaborative efforts result in system changes that would lead to improvements in safety, decreases in repeat abuse, and increased batterer accountability. The evaluation was designed to meet both national and demonstration sites’ needs; build sites’ commitment and capacity to use data to monitor and improve performance; increase understanding of the mechanisms by which and the extent to which system change is implemented; and have an impact on policy, practice, and knowledge in the field. |
