Bridging the Research-to-Practice Gap: Empowering Staff to Implement Meaningful Program Evaluation and Improvement to Better Serve Students with Emotional or Behavioral Disorders

Document Type

Article

Department or Administrative Unit

Center for Teaching and Learning

Publication Date

8-1-2013

Abstract

The article presents the case of Cascadia School District in Ferndale, Washington, which offers an overview of how the Program Evaluation (PE) process may aid practicing professionals in their goals to evaluate and improve their programs serving students with emotional or behavioral disorder (EBD). It discusses "The Participatory Evaluation and Expert Review for Programs Serving Students With EBD, (PEER-EBD)" tool that requires involvement of staff directly in the process of PE and improvement.

Comments

This article was originally published in Beyond Behavior. The full-text article from the publisher can be found here.

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Journal

Beyond Behavior

Rights

Copyright © 2013, © SAGE Publications

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