Methodology tips
Many practitioners working with TPSR want to assess program effectiveness but might want to learn more aboutĀ research andĀ evaluation approaches. Many graduate students and professors might appreciate quick references on different designs that might be useful in their research. Therefore, this section of the toolbox contains brief descriptions of various designs, techniques, and issues relevant to TPSR.
- NASPE (1995) primer on Authentic Assessment
- Child Trends 2007 on Choosing an Evaluator
- Child Trends 2007 on Logic Models
- Child Trends 2007 Reasons to Evaluate
- Child Trends 2008 primer on IRBs
- Child Trends 2008 primer on Outcome Evaluation
- Child Trends 2008 primer on Process Evaluations
- Child Trends 2008 primer on Quasi-experimental Designs
- Child Trends 2008 primer on Randomized Designs
- Moderating Focus Groups (Watson, 2009)
- Example of TPSR IRB (Wright, 2008)

