Assessment and Evaluation Projects
IAE has provided assessment and evaluation services to local, state, regional and federal programs. Below is a list of current IAE projects. To view a sampling of recent projects IAE has been involved in click here.
For more information about these projects please contact principal investigator/project manager listed by clicking on his/her name.
Recent IAE Projects Information
Project Name: Learn and Serve America Meth Free TN: Youth Edition |
Learn and Serve America Meth Free TN: Youth Edition is a statewide grant program that supports integration of service-learning in afterschool programs to further statewide methamphetamine (meth) prevention initiatives by creating anti-meth communication products by youth for youth. Sixteen agencies administering twenty-one programs receive direct assistance in developing and implementing localized initiatives that address local needs within the scope (and associated guidelines) of the statewide grant. The evaluation of Afterschool Service-Learning Program is founded on performance measures that have been established for the program in three categories with associated outputs and outcomes: Participant Development, Strengthening Communities, and Needs and Activities |
Principal Investigator: Dr. Stephanie Robinson |
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Project Name: STOP Tobacco Use Prevention and Cessation Program |
The STOP program partners with local school systems in nine designated ennessee counties, the Department of Health, and the Tennessee Higher Education Commission. THEC has allied with the East Tennessee State University, Middle Tennessee State University, and the University of Tennessee Knoxville to provide specific elements of the STOP Program. The goal of this coalition is to support county schools and local communities in establishing programs for tobacco use prevention and cessation among youth and their families. The nine counties of the coalition are Campbell, Cocke, Grundy, Hardeman, Johnson, Lake, Meigs, Union, and Wayne. |
Contractor: Tennessee Higher Education Commission |
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Principal Investigator: Dr. Gary Skolits |
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| Project Name: Evaluation of Kentucky's Teacher Quality Enhancement Project |
This statewide project focused on upgrading and enhancing Kentucky's beginning teacher assessment program, including assessment instruments and procedures, assessor training, university teacher preparation, university involvement in the assessment process and enhancement and integration of databases among angecies at all levels of the educational process. |
| Contractor: Kentucky Education Professional Standards Board |
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| Principal Investigator: Dr. Russ French |
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| Project Name: Evaluation of Knox County, TN Magnet Schools |
Knox County Schools requested this study of its magnet schools program to determine a) if these schools were meeting the stated goals of the program; b) if they were improving student achievement beyond that of peer high risk schools within the system not designated as magnets, and c) how the Knox county magnet program was similar to/different from other such programs in the southern United States. IAE’s final report contained several recommendations, as well as findings and conclusions. |
| Contractor: Knox County Schools |
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| Principal Investigator: Dr. Russ French |
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