1	Grantee Panel Presentation SPRANS Community Based Abstinence Education Grantee Meeting Washington, DC November 18-19, 2002 Teen-Aid. Inc. LeAnna L. Benn National Director
2	FOCUS OF PRESENTATION Rural Evaluation Use of technology in data collection in rural areas where population and distance are barriers
3	Solve Evaluation Problems Has evaluation got you down? Costly printing Shipping and handling of questionnaires Boring for students Tedious data entry Human errors Storing the old paperwork Continue looking then call Teen-Aid
4	Erasing the Barriers Data collection Cost Activities Student data Distance
5	Connecting communities and the avoidance of redundancy for reporting On-line data collection for remote workers Activity reports Ordering material E-mail Net meeting
6	Connecting activity reports and student data without effort for all Performance Measures
7	Forms that meet Performance Measures
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9	I've Got Connections Time Sheet
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12	Evaluation on-line Pre-Post Testing that: Measures A-H knowledge Measures attitude agreement Measures risk behaviors Saves dollars Achieves accuracy Eliminates data entry time and expense Measures teacher training effectiveness Measures teacher effectiveness in the classroom Feedback for teachers on student behavior and attitude changes Fun for the students to do on-line data entry Future follow up possibility for longitudinal study
13	Pre-Post Testing Website using FrontPage and Access www.teen-aid.org/schools/survey/pre-post... Accurate to download to evaluator Password protected for each teacher/presenter
14	Pre and Post sample
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16	Sexual Behavior
17	Measures A-H knowledge
18	Sample of Questions
19	Measures attitude agreement
20	Measures risk behaviors
21	Why measure risk behaviors? Measure what you say you impact Silence the opposition Ammo against peer pressure Target related behaviors
22	Saves dollars $$$$ Printing pre-post test instruments Boring for students Shipping logistics Shipping costs Data entry tedious costs in corrections required Storage of entered data
23	Achieves accuracy Tediousness causes entry errors Students enter so its their answers No missed data on incomplete surveys with required fields Sensitive with required fields to behavior data that some may not want to answer Have parental permission for survey on initial parent
24	Eliminates data entry time and expense Depending on complexity of survey 3-7 minutes for pre and post test - saved Shipping issues – saved Time to match pre/post tests – saved Divert regular staff from program tasks – saved Hiring temps to meet deadline with volume of data - saved
25	Measures teacher training effectiveness Student data correlated to the teacher –Teacher is key predictor of program outcome Monitors material content delivered
26	Measures teacher training effectiveness Pre/ Post covers information Pre/Post covers self confidence Sample of Questions
27	Measures teacher effectiveness in the classroom Student data correlated to the teacher –Teacher is key predictor of program outcome Monitors material content delivered Measures student movement by teacher of knowledge and attitude for short term results
28	Feedback for teachers on student behavior and attitude changes Allows program to debrief with staff Provides vehicle for accountability Creates avenue for course correction Discover what is working best Discover why some measures are not moving as expected based on what the presenter is specifically doing
29	Fun for the students to do on-line data entry Paper survey boring Details needed make survey too long Class time limited so need something fast Students love Internet surveys Survey done in a lab can be read to ESL students to help them stay within time allotted for computer lab
30	Future follow up possibility for longitudinal study Mother’s name letters on-line Separate document for follow-up with relative Teacher’s name / roster Follow-up at school with old rosters Long-term mail or phone follow-up using relative information and match with Mother’s name