| Evalumetrics Projects 21st Century Learning Centers 21st Century Learning Centers are comprehensive after-school programs that provide academic support, educational-recreational activities, leadership development and other programs for school children at all levels. Evalumetrics Research provides consulting services to ACCORD Corporation to evaluate after-school programs in six Allegany County schools. Evalumetrics also provides evaluation services for 21st Century programs in three schools in Wayne County, New York. Science Technology Engineering and Math (STEM) Evalumetrics provides evaluation services for the Rochester Area Colleges (RAC) Center for Excellence in Math and Science including evaluation of the STEM Institutes that provide interactive training in inquiry-based and other reformed teaching methods for STEM. In addition, through RAC, Evalumetrics is providing evaluation of professional development provided by the Rochester City Schools Math and Science Partnership (MSP) project. Youth Development and Character Education - Yes Pa Character Education Program - Currently, Evalumetrics is conducting evaluations of innovative character education and youth development programs in classroom, after-school and juvenile corrections settings. Evalumetrics is working with the Yes Pa Foundation to establish its "Yes Pa" character education program as an evidence-based program meeting criteria of the U.S. Substance Abuse Mental Health Administration (SAMHSA). Mentoring Programs - An outcome study of School-based Mentoring, conducted for Big Brothers and Big Sisters of Greater Rochester helped establish the project in nine school districts. Marcus Whitman Schools - Environmental Classroom Opportunity (ECO) - The ECO program is an environment-based education program for 6th and 7th grade. Students attended all classes at the Cumings Nature Center and study environmental issues integrated into every subject. Evalumetrics conducted an evaluation of the impact of ECO on academic performance as well as on risk and protective factors, knowledge of the environment and attitudes toward environmental issues. Substance Abuse Prevention- Evalumetrics Research provides planning, program development, grant writing and program evaluation services for numerous school and community-based substance abuse prevention initiatives such as Partners for Prevention in Allegany County (PPAC), Big Brothers Big Sisters School-based Mentoring Program Project STREAM, Youth Court and Project Citizen. Evalumetrics has conducted evaluations of school and community prevention programs for the Allegany Council on Alcoholism and Substance Abuse (ACASA). Evaluation of Life Skills Training in Allegany County 2007 documented positive impact on substance use. Criminal Justice and Safety Programs - Drug Court - Process and outcome evaluations were conducted for several intervention programs including Finger Lakes Drug Treatment Court and the Ontario County Juvenile Drug Treatment Court. School Resource Officers - Evalumetrics is conducting an outcome study for the School Resource Officer (SRO) program at Marcus Whitman Schools and Midlakes Schools in upstate New York. Youth Court - Evalumetrics has conducted evaluations of the Ontario County Youth Court Findings can be found on the Youth Court page. Strategic Planning - Strategic planning projects including: comprehensive needs assessment, resource assessment, gaps analyses, project development and process and outcome studies have been conducted for community based prevention organizations such as the Steuben County Drug Free Communities Coalition, Allegany Council on Alcoholism and Substance Abuse (ACASA) and the Council on Alcoholism and Addictions of the Finger Lakes. |





