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School Attitudes Assessment Survey-Revised

education

This article describes the School Attitudes Assessment Survey - Revised (SAAS-R). This survey is a validated instrument used to measure the attitudes of adolescents toward school and teachers as well as their goal-valuation, motivation and academic self-perceptions. It is also used to explore below average academic achievement in high school students.

Quality of School Life – Adventure (Motivation) subscale (QSL)

education

The QSL measures primary-school-aged students’ perceptions towards school against three dimensions, 1) general satisfaction with school 2) commitment to school work 3) attitudes towards teachers. Learn more about the QSL

Strength and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ)

education, mental health

The SDQ is a well validated and population-normed instrument which assesses in respect of emotional problems, peer problems, conduct problems, hyperactivity, and prosocial behaviour. Learn more about the SDQ...

Presentation @ 2018 OPEN Symposium – The NYC Experience: Implementing Evidence-Based and Informed Practices

evidence informed practice, out-of-home care (OOHC)

In this video, keynote speaker Deborah Rubien shares her reflections on implementing evidence-based practices in the New York City's child protection and out-of-home care sectors.

Presentation @ 2018 OPEN Symposium – Will evidence lead us to a brighter future?

evidence informed practice, evidence-based program

In his keynote address, Chris Vanstone from the the Australian Centre for Social Innovation shares his experiences of collecting and evaluating evidence, to create better outcomes.

Highlights from the 2018 OPEN Symposium

In this video, attendees share their highlights and key takeaways from the 2018 OPEN Symposium.

DHHS Centre for Evaluation and Research – Evaluation Guide

This guide from the Department of Health and Human Services (2017) is designed to support staff in the planning and commissioning of an evaluation. It is suitable for anyone responsible for program development, implementation or evaluation.

OPEN Webinar Series – Reflecting and Learning from Evaluation Findings

evaluation, reflect and review

The final webinar for this series discussed the role of evaluative thinking – what happened, so what, now what – in learning and reflection and how to reflect on and apply learning through workshops, feedback loops and sprints. The slides for this webinar have been uploaded as an additional resource.

OPEN Webinar Series – How to Evaluate Outcomes

evaluation

This webinar examined the role of evaluation questions in framing outcomes measurement, data collection methods, analysis, synthesis, rubrics as well as how to report on outcomes using dashboards. The slides for this webinar have been uploaded as an additional resource.

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