Evaluating Civic Youth Work Illustrative Evaluation Designs and Methodologies for Complex Youth Program Evaluations

Preface
Michael Baizerman & Ross VeLure Roholt

Chapter 1: Evaluating Civic Youth Work: Explicating Evaluation Perspectives, Questions, Issues, and Choices
Michael Baizerman & Ross VeLure Roholt

Section 1
Engage Stakeholders
Chapter 2: Evaluating Youth Civic Engagement: Ask the Youth!
Katie Richards-Schuster & Rebecca Timmermans

Section 2
Describe Program
Chapter 3: Using Action-Based Research with Civic Youth Work to Enhance Program Quality
Brian Hubbard
Chapter 4: Evaluating Young People's Civic Agency
Harry Boyte

Section 3
Focus Evaluation Design
Chapter 5: A Schematic Fantasy Evaluation Plan for Public Achievement, Northern Ireland
Michael Baizerman

Section 4
Gather Credible Evidence
Chapter 6: Engaging the Whole Community to Assess Civic Engagement of Youth
Robert Shumer, Shang Lifu, Xu Huiying, Tong Xing, and Shi Pian

Section 5
Justify Conclusions
Chapter 7: Evaluation of Wimps: A Case Study of Civic Youth Work Evaluation
Paul Mattessich, Cherylynn Bassani, and Paul Smyth

Section 6
Use and Share Lessons Learned
Chapter 8: School Meeting Structures as Forms of Civic Engagement and School Evaluation
Terrance Kwame-Ross

Section 7
Conclusions
Chapter 9: Designing Youth Civic Engagement and Civic Youth Work Evaluations
Ross VeLure Roholt & Michael Baizerman
Chapter 10: Evaluation Practice to Enhance Civic Youth Work and Youth Civic Engagement
Ross VeLure Roholt & Michael Baizerman
Chapter 11: Alternative Frameworks for Evaluating Complex Youth Civic Engagement Programs
Charmagne Campbell-Patton

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