Center for Schools and Communities offers a full complement of research and evaluation services to school districts, state agencies, nonprofits and foundations and will bring extensive experience and training to every phase of your research and evaluation project, including consultations to improve the operation of existing projects.

CSC has extensive experience developing data collection systems, preparing grant applications, conducting simple and complex quantitative analyses, authoring general and technical reports, and assisting with program design.

Research and Evaluation Services

  • Data Analyses (quantitative and qualitative)

    • Providing descriptive, multivariate and inferential analyses.
    • Conducting interviews and focus groups.
    • Creating professional statistical and research reporting.

  • Logic Models and Program Design

    • Mapping goals to activities and outcomes.
    • Developing program logic with theory of action.
  • Survey Design and Implementation

  • Database Conceptualization

    • Building secure, large-scale data collection systems for evaluation and administrative data.

  • Writing and Editing

    • Writing reporting for technical and general audiences.
    • Creating statistical graphs and analytic illustrations.
  • Grant Writing Support
  • Evaluation Designs
  • Needs and Best Practices Research

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Jeffrey C. Kay, CSIU, and Robert Carmo, CSC, share insights to help school business officials adjust to the new hybrid environment in the July/August 2022 edition of School Business Affairs.

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