K-12 Education Program Evaluation

Educational programs are often designed to achieve a wide number of goals, yet research shows that being able to narrow and specify the outcomes you have in mind is an essential ingredient for documenting success. 3D Group Consultants collaborate with educational programs to clarify goals and objectives by articulating a logic model that links specific activities with concrete, measurable outcomes. We then develop a customized evaluation design that will cost effectively measure progress on goals.

Why 3D Group?

• We custom design every evaluation study. We don’t do cookie cutter solutions. This means your evaluation dollar is put exactly where you need it, no matter how large or small the project.
• Our evaluations are so good, they often get published. We have published many of our studies in peer reviewed academic journals. While we offer highly rigorous studies that meet this criterion for “strong conclusions” about your program, we can also do more qualitative studies that provide useful guidance with less effort.
• Our consultants are experienced and pragmatically minded. While our work meets the highest academic standards, our consultants understand the practical realities facing program managers. We are more interested in a useful study that meets your needs than conducting a “perfect” academic study.
• Our reports are user friendly and easy to read. They are designed for program staff to use in program development and for funders to understand where a program is excelling and where it is continuing to improve.

Sample Evaluation Research

Music- and Drama-based Program Improves Reading Skills: A Four Year Study.
(2008) by Rose, D.S. &Magnotta, M.A. 3D Group Technical Report #8324.

Basic Reading through Dance Program: The Impact on First-Grade Students' Basic Reading Skills.
(2003) by McMahon, S.D., Rose, D.S., & Parks, M. Evaluation Review, 27(1), 104–125.

Multiple Intelligences and Reading Achievement: An Examination of the Teele Inventory of Multiple Intelligences.
(2001) by McMahon, S. D., Rose, D. S., & Parks, M. The Journal of Experimental Education, 73(1), 41–52.

Strategic Evaluation: A New Perspective on the Value of I-O Programs.
(2001) by Rose, D.S., Davidson, J., Carsten, J, & Martineau, J. The Industrial-Organizational Psychologist, 38(4), 41–47.

Practical Considerations and Alternate Methods for Evaluating HR Programs.
(1999) by Rose, D.S., & Fiore, K.E. Journal of Business and Psychology, 14(2), 235–251.

Sample Clients

• Arts Education Funders Collaborative
• California College of the Arts
• California Department of Education
• Reading In Motion
• Stagebridge
• Stanford Educational Leadership Institute