What We Do

Ms. Race brings to the business diverse experience in the design and conduct of large national-level studies and community-based projects in a variety of venues. As needed, she will bring to a project additional expertise through collaborating with credentialed and experienced colleagues. Examples of evaluations from various venues include:

Education

• Outcomes-based Evaluation of a Hybrid After-school, Outreach Program
• Evaluation of a Technology Use-Enhanced Program to Facilitate Inclusive Learning
• Evaluation of Science Literary Programs at Informal Science Institutional Settings for Elementary and Secondary School Teachers and Pre-service Teachers
• Evaluation of MBRS-SCORE/RISE, MARC and MHIRT programs at Select Universities across the Country
• Evaluation of a Collaborative for Excellence in Teacher Preparation
• Evaluation of a Private Network of High Schools
• Documenting In-classroom Support and Coaching Activities of a Professional Development Program Directed Toward School-wide Change
• Assessment of the Psychometric Properties (Reliability and Validity) of Teacher and Student Attitude Toward Instructional Strategies and Classroom Pedagogy Used in Outcomes-based Evaluations
• Evaluation of a Program Designed to Increase Skills of Mathematics and Science, Public High-School Teachers
• Evaluation of a Physical Science Initiative that Combines Endorsement and a Graduate Degree for Public, Middle-school Teachers

Health Care

• Reliable Measure of Breast Self-Examination (BSE) Attitudes and Performance Barriers
• Assessing Adolescent Motor Vehicle Accidents
• Effects of Lactation Education on Breastfeeding Practice
• Access to Health Care for Hispanics in a Suburban Setting

Social Service

• Social Justice and Refugee Resettlement: Evaluating Factors Associated with Early Employment.
• Volunteer Services: Needs Profile and Assessment in a Community-based Organization
• Rehabilitation Program Evaluation: Use of Focus Groups to Empower Clients
• Focus Groups: A Tool for Consumer-based Program Evaluation in Rehabilitation Agency Settings.
• Analytic Support to the City Year Inc. Evaluation of Their Whole School Whole Child Program

Safety and Health

• Evaluating the Utility of a Self-assessment Profile for Use with Problem Driver Populations.
• Evaluating Organizational Safety Climate: Reliable Measure of Employee Perceptions
• Comprehensive Approach to Employee Occupant Protection Programs: A Pilot Program and Evaluation
• Assessing Treatment Fidelity among Evaluated and Non-evaluated Workplace Safety-belt Programs.
• Using Evaluation Research in Development of a National Pedestrian Safety Program
• Evaluative Assessment of Public Fire Education Programs for Low Income Urban Residents
• Exploration of Impact Measures of Safety Belt Use Laws
• Evaluation and Politics: The Case of Mandatory Safety-belt Use Laws

Measuring Customer Satisfaction

• Quality Assessment in Nursing Home Facilities.
• Psychometric Evaluation of an Inpatient Psychiatric Care Satisfaction Survey
• Revalidation of the Physician Office Visit Survey
• Assessing Patient Satisfaction across the Continuum of Ambulatory Care
• Employee Satisfaction in Australia: Validating the Employee Perspective Survey
• Validating the Emergency Department Patient Satisfaction Survey Tool based on the Australian Experience
• Patient Satisfaction in Australia: Validating the Day Surgery Survey
• Assessing Patient Satisfaction in Australia: Validating the Inpatient Survey Tool