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	Hot Topics highlight recommended resource items, both online and in the National Service-Learning Clearinghouse library, on important service-learning related subjects. 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. September 2004 (Updated June 2007)
	NSLC Site Resources Assessment, Evaluation, and Performance Measurement: Selected Resources (NSLC Bibliography) Evaluation Toolkit: Educators' Guide to Service-Learning Program Evaluation (357K pdf) Performance Measurement Toolkit for Learn and Serve America (Project Star) Performance Measures: Selected Resources (NSLC Bibliography) Tools and Methods for Evaluating Service-Learning in Higher Education (NSLC Fact Sheet) Relevant Links NSLC Assessment and Evaluation Links Service-Learning Quality Review - RMC Research Recommended NSLC Library Items* (How to Borrow) Youth-Led Evaluation: A Guidebook (2007) Assessing Learning in Community Service Learning: A Social Approach (2006) Good Practice Guide and Self-Evaluation Instruments for Managing the Quality of Service-Learning, (A) (2006) Learning Through Serving (2005) The Promise of Partnerships: Tapping into the Campus as a Community Asset (2005) 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) The Measure of Service Learning: Research Scales to Assess Student Experiences (2004) Qualitative Research and Evaluation Methods (2002) Toward an Assessment-Based Approach to Service-Learning Course Design (2002) Assessing Service-Learning and Civic Engagement: Principles and Techniques (2001) Institutionalizing Service-Learning in Higher Education: Findings from a Study of The Western Region Campus Compact Consortium (1998) Evaluation Handbook: Practical Tools for Evaluating Service-Learning Programs (1997) Implementing Service Learning in Higher Education (1996) Publications Available for Order Evaluation: The Key to Improving Service-Learning Programs Effective Practices Effective practices in evaluation of service-learning from the EpiCenter database	Featured Books   Youth-Led Evaluation: A Guidebook (2007)     Good Practice Guide and Self-Evaluation Instruments for Managing the Quality of Service-Learning, (A) (2006)
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