PEER Associates - Public Evaluation Reports And Products

Public Evaluation Reports And Products

The following list represents several of the evaluation products that PEER Associates has produced. However, we find that much of the value evaluation work offers is not revealed in the form of a concrete product at all. Evaluation creates a container for useful reflection. It generates myriad benefits throughout the participatory evaluation cycle - probing questions generated as we plan the evaluation together, rich dialogue among staff and evaluators throughout, ongoing program improvements, etc.

Many of the reports, tools, and presentations listed below can also be found at www.PEECworks.org.

Formal Reports

•	2007. Portrait of an Urban Elementary School: Place-based Education, School Culture & Leadership, An Evaluation of Project CO-SEED at the Dennis C. Haley Elementary School, 2003-2006 (Antioch New England Institute)
•	2005. Examining the Staying Power of the Sustainable Schools Project: A Program Evaluation focused on Champlain Elementary School (Shelburne Farms and the Vermont Education for Sustainability Project)
•	2007. Sustaining the Vision: Place-based Education at an Urban K-8 School. An Evaluation of Project CO-SEED at the Young Achievers Science and Mathematics Pilot School in partnership with the Dudley Street Neighborhood Initiative, 2003-2006. (Antioch New England Institute)
•	2007. Building a Foundation for Change: Place-based Education at an Urban Middle School An Evaluation of Project CO-SEED at the Henry Dearborn Middle School in partnership with the Appalachian Mountain Club, 2003-2006. (Antioch New England Institute)
•	2006. An Evaluation of A Trail to Every Classroom Summer Institute (Appalachian Trail Conservancy Appalachian Trail Park Office of the National Park Service)
•	2006. CO-SEED and Test Scores in Malden, MA (Antioch New England Institute)
•	2006. CO-SEED and Test Scores in Gorham, NH (Antioch New England Institute)
•	2004. NH Project Learning Tree: Interim Evaluation of Connecting Schools to People and Place (CS2P) 03-04 (New Hampshire Project Learning and Woodsville Elementary School)
•	2005. Project Learning Tree: Connecting Schools to People and Place Final Report 04-05 (New Hampshire Project Learning Tree & Woodsville Elementary School)
•	2004. Teacher Preparation for Environmental Education: Faculty Perspectives on the Infusion of Environmental Education Into Preservice Methods Courses (Journal of Environmental Education)
•	2000. Shelburne Farms 2^nd Grade Forestry Evaluation Report (Shelburne Farms)
•	2001. Shelburne Farms Middle School Forestry Wildlife, Woodlots and Workskills Program Evaluation Final Report (Shelburne Farms)
•	2002. Shelburne Farms Middle School Geology Program Evaluation Final Report (Shelburne Farms)
•	2002. Shelburne Farms King Street Preschool Evaluation Report: Evaluation of the Partnership between King Street Youth Center and Shelburne Farms (Shelburne Farms)
•	2005. Examining the Staying Power of the Sustainable Schools Project: A Program Evaluation focused on Champlain Elementary School (Shelburne Farms, The Vermont Education for Sustainability Project & The Place-based Education Evaluation Collaborative)
•	2006. Executive Summary Litzsinger Road Ecology Center, Program Evaluation (Litzsinger Road Ecology Center)
•	2006. A Forest for Every Classroom: A Report on Research into Program Replication and Dissemination Practices (A Forest for Every Classroom)
•	2006. Finding a Place for Place-based Education in Bradford, Vermont, 2004-2005: An Evaluation of Project CO-SEED (Antioch New England Institute)
•	2005. Community Mapping Program 2004-05 Evaluation Survey Report (Institute for Technology Development)
•	2004. An Evaluation of The Sustainable Schools Project, 2003-2004 (Shelburne Farms, and The Vermont Education for Sustainability Project)
•	2005. An Evaluation of the Sustainable Schools Projec,t 2004-05: Lawrence Barnes Elementary School (Shelburne Farms, The Vermont Education for Sustainability Project and The Place-based Education Evaluation Collaborative)
•	2004. An Evaluation of Project CO-SEED Community-based School Environmental Education, 2003-2004 Final Report (Antioch New England Institute)
•	2004. An Evaluation of Four Place-Based Education Programs (Journal of Environmental Education)
•	2004. An Evaluation of The Community Mapping Program, 2003-2004 (The Orton Foundation)

Informal Reports

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2005. PEEC Cross Program 2004-05 Informal Progress Report (The Upper Valley Community Foundation, the Forest For Every Classroom program, the CO-SEED program, and the Sustainable Schools Project)

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2004. An Evaluation of A Forest for Every Classroom: Learning to make choices for the future of Vermont’s forests, 2003-2004 (Shelburne Farms, The Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park, The Conservation Study Institute, The Northeast Natural Resource Center of the National Wildlife Federation, The Green Mountain National Forest, The Northern Forest Center, and the Place-based Education Evaluation Collaborative)

Selected Publications

•	Tremblay, G. C. & Landon, B. (2003). Research in prevention and promotion (adults & children)*. In M. Roberts & S. Ilardi (Eds.), Methods of research in clinical psychology: A handbook (pp. 354-373). Oxford, U.K.: Blackwell Publishers.
•	Peterson, L., Tremblay, G. C., Ewigman, B., & Saldana, L. (2003). Multi-level selected primary prevention of child maltreatment. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology*, 71, 601-612.
•	Powers, A. L. (2004). Evaluation of One- and Two-Day Forestry Field Programs for Elementary School Children. Applied Environmental Education and Communication, 3(1), 39-46.
•	Powers, A. L. (2004). Teacher Preparation for Environmental Education: Faculty Perspectives on the Infusion of Environmental Education Into Preservice Methods Courses. The Journal of Environmental Education. 35(3), 3-11.
•	Powers, A. L. (2004). An Evaluation of Four Place-based Education Programs. The Journal of Environmental Education, 5(4), 17-32.

Surveys, Logic Models, Toolkits, Other Products

•	CO-SEED Educator Survey
•	CO-SEED Community Partner Survey
•	CO-SEED Student Survey
•	CMaP Educator Survey
•	CMaP Community Partner Survey
•	CMaP Student Survey
•	SSP Educator Survey
•	SSP Student Survey
•	FFEC Educator Survey
•	2004. Northeast Community Mapping Program Logic Model
•	2003. Forest for Every Classroom Logic Model
•	2003. Sustainable Schools Program Logic Model
•	2006. An Evaluation Toolkit for A Forest for Every Classroom Program Replication (Shelburne Farms, The Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park, The Conservation Study Institute, The Northeast Natural Resource Center of the National Wildlife Federation, The Green Mountain National Forest, The Northern Forest Center & the Place-based Education Evaluation Collaborative)
•	2004. An Evaluation Toolkit for The Community Mapping Program (The Orton Family Foundation)

PowerPoint and Other Presentations

•	2007. Investigating Program Staying Power. A PowerPoint Presentation based on an informal report presented to The Sustainable Schools Project (PEER Associates, Inc.)
•	2006. Why use place-based education? (PEER Associates, Inc.)
•	2006. A “dose-response” strategy for assessing program impact in naturalistic contexts. (Poster session presented at the annual convention of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, Chicago, IL, PEER Associates, Inc.)

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