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"An Introduction to Program Evaluation: Embedding Evaluation into Program Design and Development provides an overview of fundamental concepts in evaluation theory and practice, with an emphasis on an embedded approach, where evaluation is an explicit part of a program, leading to the refinement of the program. Students will learn how to conduct effective evaluations that foster continual improvement and enable data-based decision making. Rigorous...
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2016.
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This document contains the evaluation background, methodology, results, discussion, and recommendations for improvements to the system. The CFPS has three domains in which evaluation activities occur on an ongoing basis throughout the five-year evaluation time line: (a) the local CFR teams, (b) the CFPS State Review Team, and (c) the CFPS State Support Team housed at CDPHE. Evaluation activities are outlined for each of these domains and the final...
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2004.
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The purpose of this document is to present an overview of the assessment methodology used by the Colorado Source Water Assessment and Protection (SWAP) Program. This methodology was used to evaluate all public drinking water systems in Colorado that have ground water sources. Topics addressed in this document include: 1) background information on the SWAP Program; 2) an overview of the water cycle, water sources and public water systems; 3) a discussion...
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2004.
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The purpose of this document is to present an overview of the assessment methodology used by the Colorado Source Water Assessment and Protection (SWAP) Program. This methodology was used to evaluate all public drinking water systems in Colorado that have surface water sources or ground water sources that are under the direct influence of surface water. Topics addressed in this document include: 1) background information on the SWAP Program; 2) an...
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2005.
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The Forest Stewardship Program (FSP) Spatial Analysis Project (SAP) was developed to evaluate the impact over the landscape that the FSP has had over the last decade and identify areas of stewardship suitability to allow for strategic delivery of the FSP. The SAP has two main components: the historic spatial database of stewardship plan tracts, and the 12-layer suitability analysis. Both components are used together in a GIS analysis to categorize...
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2011.
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Section 303(d) of the federal Clean Water Act (CWA) requires states to identify waters where effluent limitations mandated by Section 301(b)(1)(A) and Section 301(b)(1)(B) are not stringent enough to attain water quality standards. These waters are compiled into the Section 303(d) list of impaired waters. The Colorado Section 303(d) List identifies those water bodies, where there are exceedances of water quality standards. The 2012 Monitoring and...
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Commission policy volume 10-1
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2010.
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Direct measurement and characterization of the health and well being of the aquatic community in surface water are critical to determining how effectively Colorado is achieving the ultimate goals of the Colorado Water Quality Control Act ("CWQCA") and the federal Clean Water Act ("CWA"), which are to restore, maintain, protect, and improve the quality of our water resources. These legislative policy statements highlight the importance of having tools...
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2022.
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Summit Public Schools, a charter school organization operating schools in California and Oregon, published Pathways to Success: Exploring the Long-Term Outcomes of Alumni from Summit Public Schools in September 2021. The report claims that Summit alumni graduated from college at nearly double the national average and self-reported high levels of well-being, fulfillment, and workplace satisfaction. It also reports that alumni from socioeconomically...
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CER volume 79-80
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1981.
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Accurate, quantitative analysis of ecosystems is dependent on the quality of data used to describe the environment. Data quality is a major concern for the Multi-resource Management Planning Research Project, referred to as the Beaver Creek Project, administered by the Rocky Mountain Forest and Range Experiment Station. The goals of the Beaver Creek Project are centered on development and testing of methodologies for management decision making in...
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2020.
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This report presents a comprehensive evaluation on the effect of drilling fluid infiltration in claystone bedrock on the axial capacity of drilled caissons. The methodology of this research combines experimental testing and numerical simulations. The results obtained in the experimental phase are used to inform the numerical study.
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2020.
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Transportation impacts to historic streetcar lines in Denver and other communities in Colorado are often unforeseen given that many tracks lay underneath paved streets and are not well documented. This results in frequent unanticipated discoveries during construction of publicly assisted transportation improvement projects in Colorado. A historic context was developed to provide a consistent methodology for the evaluation of historic streetcar lines....
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2022.
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For decades, politicians have struggled to make educational opportunity more widely avail able and less tied to where a child's parents can afford to live. The reviewed Bellwether Education Partners' recent report attempts to examine the availability of low-income rental units in school districts to understand whether districts in the largest 200 metropolitan areas are accessible to families in poverty. While the report's focus on the intersection...
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2014.
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The full closure strategic analysis was conducted to create a decision process whereby full roadway closures for construction and maintenance activities can be evaluated and approved or denied by CDOT Traffic personnel. The study reviewed current full closure practices in Colorado and throughout the country, gathered stakeholder input, and employed an iterative development process to reach a systematic decision tool that can be applied to judging...
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