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.
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