LSP Program Evaluation & Consultation 5

Question 1

An evaluator wants to determine whether gains observed in a school intervention are due to the program or to students naturally maturing over time. The threat to internal validity being controlled for is:

Accepted Answer

Maturation

Answer

Maturation refers to changes in participants over time that occur regardless of the intervention, threatening the ability to attribute outcomes to the program.

Question 2

A psychologist is asked to help an agency develop a new trauma-informed care training program. Before designing the program, the psychologist should conduct a:

Accepted Answer

Formative needs assessment

Answer

A formative needs assessment identifies gaps between current and desired staff competencies before program development begins.

Question 3

A key distinction between consultation and supervision is that consultation:

Accepted Answer

Is voluntary and non-hierarchical with the consultee retaining autonomy

Answer

Unlike supervision, consultation is non-hierarchical and voluntary; the consultee retains full professional responsibility for decisions made.

Question 4

A school district evaluates a bullying prevention program using pre- and post-surveys but has no control group. The greatest limitation of this design is:

Accepted Answer

Inability to rule out alternative explanations for change

Answer

Without a control group, changes observed may reflect history, maturation, or other events rather than the intervention itself.

Question 5

Program evaluation standards developed by the Joint Committee on Standards for Educational Evaluation emphasize four qualities. Which of the following is NOT one of them?

Accepted Answer

Brevity

Answer

The Joint Committee's four program evaluation standards are Utility, Feasibility, Propriety, and Accuracy—brevity is not among them.

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LSP Program Evaluation & Consultation 5