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Appendix B
Illustrative Evaluation Questions
How many disadvantaged, underrepresented students graduated from the University of California in year x?
How many of these students:
· enrolled first as freshmen in UC?
· transferred from community colleges?
· participated in outreach programs and if so, which programs?
For those students who participated in University outreach programs, how many became eligible to attend the University?
How many become eligible for more selective University campuses?
What are initial achievement levels of students entering these outreach programs? What is the value-added of these programs in the shorter term in:
· increasing a-f course taking patterns and success rates
· grade point average
· test performance
· increasing study skills
Of those students who participated in outreach programs
· what is the relationship of the background characteristics (SES, parent education, etc.) of these students and their persistence rates and graduation from the University?
· what is the relationship between program participation and program results, such as
· duration in the program?
· degree of program implementation?
· differential impacts of different treatments?
· which program components are most closely related to program outcomes?
In school-centered programs, both school-wide and for disadvantaged, underreprestented students:
· what are the school wide indicators of improved college preparation, such as:
* a-f completion
* AP satisfactory completion rates
* grade point average
* test performance
* drop-outs
* more rigorous curriculum
* indicators of the results of professional development strategies
In school centered programs with earlier intervention strategies, both overall and for disadvantaged, underrepresented students:
· student performance indicators
· degrees of parent participation
· drop-out rates
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