Youth Program Evaluation - Sample Evaluation Instruments

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Youth Development Example Instruments

Boomering Character Education Cross-Age Teaching Program

This program evaluation represents an example of using mixed methods including observations, surveys of participants, and surveys of other informants including parents.

End of Session Instrument -- designed to measure knowledge change about child development and teaching

Observation Sheet -- designed to help observers assess teaching effectiveness of team teachers

End of Program Instrument for Parents -- designed to measure activity participation, reactions, and outcomes.

End of Program Instrument for Team Teachers -- designed for youth teachers to measure skill development outcomes and program improvement

Camps

End of program instrument for campers -- designed to assess the camp environment and learning outcomes

End of program instrument for younger youth -- modified to gather information about the camp environment and learning outcomes from elementary school-aged youth

Project Area Statewide Evaluation--Arts and Communication

Survey Instrument -- designed to measure youth development (life skills and essential elements) impact of arts and communication projects on 4-H members participating in arts and communication projects for multiple years.

Focus Group Protocol for Youth (4 pages, 47 kb) includes an introduction to be read to the group, questions and suggested probing questions for group interviews of adolescent 4-H members.

Focus Group Protocol for Parents (8 pages, 77 kb) includes instructions to interviewers, main questions and suggested probing questions for more information.

Impact Report (2 pages, 76 kb) presents arts and communication evaluation results in brief.

Full Report (57 pages, 777kb) presents arts and communication evaluation results in full.