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Evaluation / Assessment
An evaluation is a decision or judgment about whether a service-learning effort is successful and to what extent that effort has or has not met a goal. These resources cover the effects of service-learning on students who take classes that employ service-learning as a pedagogy, on the community partner or agency that delivers services students assist with, on faculty members, and on the institution under whose auspices service-learning courses are offered. Assessment and evaluation are important measurement tools that can help determine the effectiveness of a service-learning program. Following are some of our most relevant resources for this topic.
Featured Items
Youth-Led Evaluation: A Guidebook (2007)
Good Practice Guide and Self-Evaluation Instruments for Managing the Quality of Service-Learning, (A) (2006) (PDF)
NSLC Site Resources
- Assessment, Evaluation, and Performance Measurement: Selected Resources
- Evaluation Toolkit: Educators' Guide to Service-Learning Program Evaluation
- Higher Education 2006 Performance Measure Guidance (Project Star)
- Performance Measures: Selected Resources
- Tools and Methods for Evaluating Service-Learning in Higher Education
NSLC Library Items (How to Borrow)
- Assessing Learning in Community Service Learning: A Social Approach (2006)
- Assessing Service-Learning and Civic Engagement: Principles and Techniques (2001)
- Evaluation Handbook: Practical Tools for Evaluating Service-Learning Programs (1997)
- Evaluation: The Key to Improving Service-Learning Programs (1994)
- Good Practice Guide and Self-Evaluation Instruments for Managing the Quality of Service-Learning, (A) (2006) (PDF)
- Implementing Service Learning in Higher Education (1996) (PDF)
- Institutionalizing Service-Learning in Higher Education: Findings from a Study of The Western Region Campus Compact Consortium (1998) (
- Learning Through Serving (2005)
- Measurement Tools for Evaluating Out-of-School Time Programs: An Evaluation Resource (2008) (PDF)
- The Measure of Service Learning: Research Scales to Assess Student Experiences (2004)
- The Promise of Partnerships: Tapping into the Campus as a Community Asset (2005)
- Qualitative Research and Evaluation Methods (2002)
- Reflect and Improve: A Tool Kit for Engaging Youth and Adults as Partners in Program Evaluation (2005)
- Service-Learning Adventures Lesson Plan Kit (2005)
- Service-Learning Code of Ethics (2005)
- Toward an Assessment-Based Approach to Service-Learning Course Design (2002)
- Youth-Led Evaluation: A Guidebook (2007)
Links
- Effective Practices: Service-Learning Evaluation
- NSLC Assessment and Evaluation Links
- Service-Learning Quality Review - RMC Research
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