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-Goal: To evaluate the CFST initiative
and provide information for continuous improvement for
those implementing the program. We will monitor the
following outcomes:
- Child, school and community outcomes
- Information on the child and family team process
- Parent and youth satisfaction with their involvement in the program
- Perceptions from the nurse/social workers, community agencies, principals
- ADMINISTRATIVE DATA
- NC Public Schools
- End of Year test scores
- Attendance
- Probability of being retained
- Probability of dropping out of school
- Probability of being suspended or expelled
- Number of Infractions (disciplinary infractions
- Social Services
- Probability of receiving an out-of-home placement
- Average length of stay among youth who enter foster carE
- Probability of having an investigation
- Juvenile Justice
- Probability of being placed in detention facility or youth development center
- Court referrals
- SURVEY DATA
- Students
- Satisfaction with the Process
- Satisfaction with the Outcomes
- Changes in relationships with teachers, peers and family members
- Changes in perceptions of school outcomes
- Parents
- Parents perception of the child and family team process
- Parent satisfaction with the student's outcomes
- Parent involvement in school
- School Outcomes
- Program Implementation Fidelity
- Organizational Readiness to Change
- Teacher Outcomes
- Turnover Rate
- Satisfaction with health and human services supports provided to assist them in achieving success in schools
- Community
- Collaboration across social service agencies
-One challenge with the design of
the Child and Family Support Team Initiative is that
neither the schools nor the students are randomly assigned
to the program. In order to create an equivalent control
group so that we can compare outcomes for schools and
students we will use propensity score matching.
Propensity scores are a statistical tool for matching two
groups based on a host of characteristics. In this case,
we can match students based on previous school
achievement, demographic characteristics as well as school
characteristics. For schools, we can match schools based
on characteristics such as teacher tenure, percent of
students receiving free and reduced lunch, average test
scores, etc.
Once we have a control group we can
compare change over time that occurs among students who
are and are not involved with child and family support
teams. Similarly we can compare changes over time for
matched schools that do and do not have a child and family
support team.
-One of the primary goals of our
evaluation is to provide feedback to the program
administrators. In particular we will examine what
factors are related to success and try to provide this
information quickly.
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