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Case #1 Formative
and Summative Evaluation / Policy Formation
Assignment
The United States/Canada/European Commission
Program for Cooperation in Higher Education
was established under formal agreements in
the mid-1990s to facilitate cooperation between
the United States and the European Community,
and between Canada and the European Community.
The program is jointly funded and administered
by FIPSE within the US Department of Education
(United States), the Human Resource Development
Corporation (Canada), and the Directorate
General for Education and Culture (European
Community).
Approach
Bosma Research International was contracted to conduct
an overall evaluation of the US/EC Program
to assess the overall effectiveness and impact
of the initiative from the US perspective.
Result
The results of these evaluations are being
used to determine the effectiveness and impact
of the various programs as well as assist
US, EC, and Canadian staff in the renewal
of their international agreements.
Case #2 Formative
and Summative Evaluation / Needs Assessment
Assignment
The National Library Service for the Blind
and Physically Handicapped (NLS/BPH) within
the Library of Congress wanted to evaluate
the effectiveness of the Braille Magazine
Program and to determine the satisfaction
of patrons with the program.
Approach
The primary task of the project was to determine
whether the current selection of magazine
titles met the reading needs of programs users.
The project involved the development and administration
of a mail survey (regular print, large print,
Braille, and audio cassette) to magazine program
subscribers, a mail survey to regional/sub-regional
librarians, follow-up phone interviews with
a select group of network librarians, and
focus groups with program users throughout
the US.
Result
The results of the project identified a number
of areas in which the Braille Magazine Program
was performing very well as well as areas
in which the Program needed to focus future
initiatives.
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