The Center for Educational and Program Evaluation (CEPE) serves school districts, human service agencies, educational consultants, publishers, and other units at IUP.
More specifically, the CEPE provides the following:
- consultation and program evaluations
- data analysis
- consultation and program evaluation design for grant submissions
- workshops and in-service presentations
The CEPE, under close faculty supervision, trains graduate students in research design, data analysis, and program evaluation. The CEPE can also help meet Act 48-mandated staff development requirements.
Recent contracts include the following:
- The Promise Plus Program Evaluation: (2009-2010) The Heinz Fund
- Evaluation of an After School Program Intervention: (2009-2010) ARIN IU
- Website Evaluation: (2005-2007) Coal People, by the IUP Library
- Establishing an Evaluation Process: (2006-2007) IUP Division of Student Affairs, assessment of alcohol programming
- Program Evaluation: (2005-2006) Partnership Development Schools Project, contract with the University of Pittsburgh
- Program Evaluation: (2005) Instructional Support Team Initiative Evaluation, contract with the Virginia Department of Education
- Program Evaluation and Staff Training: (2005) Parent Child Home Program, contract with the Parent Child Home Program National Center in New York
- Curriculum Development: (2004) Show What You Know—Standardized Test Preparation Program, subcontract through the Teacher Quality Enhancement grant
Available workshops include the following:
- Formative and Summative Assessment: Links to Learning
- Formative Assessment for Improved Instruction
- Authentic Assessment
- Performance Assessment
- Using Student Portfolios for Evaluation
- Test Construction for the Classroom Teacher
- Interpreting Standardized Tests
- Preparing Students to Take Standardized Tests
- Program Evaluation Procedures and Practices
- Classroom Management
- Teacher Expectation Effects
- Study Skills
- Motivation to Learn (Elementary/Secondary/Combined K-12)
- Metacognitive Development and Learning Strategies
- Avoiding Academic Failure: Pre-referral Intervention Strategies
