Psychometrics, Research, and Evaluation Promoting Adaptation, Resiliency, and Education (PREPARE) Lab

PREPARE Lab

Enhancing community/university programs through evaluation and assessment

Ensuring Quality Programs

Current and Previous Evaluations of Campus Initiatives

  • Programs that provide free tax resolution services and free tax preparation services to low-income taxpayers (link to program)
  • Program to increase Latino retention and graduation rates through peer mentoring, peer learning facilitators, faculty communities, etc (report)
  • Program to increase under-represented students entering Ph.D. programs (publication)
  • Program to develop research infrastructure at CSUN through workshops, mentoring, collaborations, etc.
  • University-community collaboration to build the capacity of Head Start professionals

Evaluated and/or evaluating various community programs, such as...

  • Nutrition education programs for children and/or parents offered by the Marilyn Magaram Center
  • Book flood and volunteering (report)
  • Sexuality education for adults with developmental disabilities (publication)
  • Assessing cultural dimensions of Los Ninos Bien Educados parenting program (publication)
  • Community-wide needs assessment of parenting education initiatives
  • Parent training programs impacting 10,000-20,000 parents each year in Los Angeles County
  • Evaluation of s school-based conflict school-based conflict resolution training

Conducting department assessment

  • Conducting the annual assessment of student learning objectives
  • Conducting the annual senior exit survey
  • Conducting 5-year program review