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Challenges in Measuring and Collecting Data for
Evaluation
When the Community is the
Unit of Analysis
Petrice Sams-Abiodun, PhDLindy Boggs National Center for Community LiteracyNIFL Community Literacy SummitMarch 19, 2007
Mission
The mission of the Lindy Boggs National Center for Community Literacy is to promote adult literacy as a vehicle for personal, economic, and community empowerment
Pre-KatrinaLiteracy Challenge
• 40% of adults in Orleans Parish read below the 6th grade level
• 30% of adults in Orleans Parish read between 6th & 8th grade level
• Less than 10% of low-literate adults are enrolled in an adult education program.
Pre-KatrinaData Collection Strategy
• Literacy Alliance of Greater New Orleans
• Service Provider Network
• Data Sharing Project
Data Sharing & Measurement Challenges
• Diversity of providers
• Using a range of assessments and instructional methods
• Funders’ reporting requirements
Literacy Alliance Evaluation
• Measuring strength of partnerships and collaboration
• Integration of best practices into Provider Network
Adult Learners Initiating Voices for Education (ALIVE)
Collecting qualitative data on stories
and experiences of adult learners in
and out of programs
Post-Katrina Measuring &
Data Collection
• Transient Geographic Area
• Major Demographic Shifts
• Creating New Ways to Count Things
Measuring Institutional and System Change
The Boggs Center is developing and implementing a community-based
research & evaluation agenda focused on the impact of racism and
poverty on adult literacy.
Work
• Literacy as a tool for getting a good job
• Creating a Regional Workforce Intermediary
• Creating a Performance Measurement and Management System
Family
• Literacy as a tool to assist families to return, reclaim and renew their lives
• School system• Community
College System• Other recovery
organizations and systems (Road Home)
Neighborhood Story Project
• Writing as a tool to give voice to the voiceless
• Neighborhood stories – Five Books
• “Coming out the Door” Nine Times Social Aid and Pleasure Club
• Upcoming Project: Writing and Re-Entry
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