This brief highlights key takeaways from virtual discussion groups in which apprenticeship administrators in eight states described how the COVID-19 pandemic affected their Registered Apprenticeship systems and how they and their apprenticeship partners responded to the pandemic.
The brief summarizes key implementation takeaways from a study of MI Write in grades 7 and 8 English language arts classrooms during the 2021–2022 school year and provides strategies for school and district leaders to support using MI Write.
Phase 3 of the Measurement and Evaluation Checklist guides users through the steps to conduct a small pilot study and demonstrate that a solution is associated with improved outcomes for students in a priority community.
Phase 2 of the Measurement and Evaluation Checklist guides users through the steps to refine a solution based on lessons learned during implementation. By following these steps, users will develop descriptive evidence that the refined solution was successfully implemented in a priority community.
Phase 4 of the Measurement and Evaluation Checklist guides users through the steps to conduct a large pilot study and demonstrate with a high degree of confidence that a solution leads to improved outcomes for students in a priority community.
The Measurement and Evaluation Template is a road map organizations and funders can use to develop a detailed measurement and evaluation plan with support from a research partner.
This guide is designed to support organizations at different stages of solution development and implementation define a set of targets for each outcome they will measure. Targets enable organizations or their funders to define success.
The Measurement and Evaluation Needs Inventory is a tool designed to assist an organization in conducting a self-assessment of its existing measurement and evaluation capacity, with the goal of identifying priority areas for support from an external research partner.
This guide is designed for organizations implementing solutions, with support from a research partner. It provides guidance on when and how to measure usability, usefulness, and utilization—key indicators of success during early implementation.
Phase 1 of the Measurement and Evaluation Checklist guides users through the process of co-designing a solution with a partner and developing a well-defined theory of change for how that solution is expected to improve outcomes for students in a priority community.
This infographic describes key elements of lived experience, its features in the context of health and human services, and why engaging people with lived experience is essential to advancing equity.
This tool describes different components of ideal engagements with people with lived experience and contrasts them with components of inequitable engagements.
This guide highlights questions to consider and discuss as a team before recruiting individuals with lived experience from outside of your organization to be a part of a health and human services program or policy effort.
This tool provides concrete strategies–making a plan, working with partners, and using a variety of advertisement methods–for identifying people with lived experience to engage in health and human services work.
This tip sheet provides key considerations for how organizations can identify potential diverse external partners, conduct outreach to them, and build and sustain productive relationships with them.
This toolkit aims to help DOL and DOL program evaluators navigate the process of establishing data use agreements to obtain administrative data for the purpose of conducting DOL-funded research and evaluations, and it includes materials to assist with the outreach and negotiation process.
The purpose of this brief is to describe how the FaDSS program used a data-driven reflection process to understand how well virtual coaching is meeting the needs of families and whether families may want a mix of remote and in-person coaching options in the future.
This report provides an overview of federal support for state apprenticeship systems and discusses variation across states in terms of system characteristics. The study will collect additional data from selected states informed by this variation to be presented in a series of briefs.
Designed to be used in partnership with a research or technical assistance (TA) support team, this practice guide can help leaders in Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) and related programs implement evidence-driven change.
This brief presents insights shared by panelists during two virtual convenings focused on advancing diversity, equity, and inclusion through coaching and navigation.
This brief describes the experiences of three organizations that adapted existing interventions to provide remote work readiness activities or education and training services during the COVID-19 pandemic.