Evaluation Agenda

The evaluation priorities are intended to:

  1. Provide information about reach efforts and the impact of training, workshops, and large-scale initiatives on the knowledge development, parenting strategies, and/or professional practice of parents/caregivers of deaf and hard of hearing children from birth through high school and the professionals who work with them

  2. Support the Clerc Center’s use of evaluation findings to engage in continuous improvement efforts to strengthen the knowledge and skills of these intended audiences

The Clerc Center’s Evaluation Agenda focuses on three priorities:

Supporting Families of Deaf and Hard of Hearing Children

The Regional Early Acquisition of Language (REAL) Project is a federally funded regional partnership that Gallaudet University established with the Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind (AIDB) focused on identifying strategies that positively impact early language acquisition for children from birth to age 3 who are deaf or hard of hearing. It is designed to provide information, resources, training, and technical assistance to parents, caregivers, and Early Hearing Detection and Intervention professionals in using these strategies. This evaluation priority is aligned with the Clerc Center’s first strategic plan priority: Knowledge Development–Early Intervention.

Knowledge Development–K-12

One of the Clerc Center Strategic Plan priorities includes Knowledge Development–K-12, intended to support the learning and knowledge needs of parents and caregivers of deaf and hard of hearing children (kindergarten to high school) and the professionals who work with them. Training is also intended to enhance parenting skills and strengthen professionals’ practice with deaf and hard of hearing children and students.

Equity Equity, diversity, and inclusion are central to the Clerc Center’s work in its two schools and its national work. Aligned with this commitment to and value of equity, the new Evaluation Agenda includes equity as one of its three priority areas. Equity is broadly defined in two ways:

  1. Educational equity
  2. Equity in evaluation processes

Educational equity and equitable evaluation practices address significant gaps in professional knowledge and practice regarding deaf and hard of hearing children, students, and their families.

About the Clerc Center

The Laurent Clerc National Deaf Education Center at Gallaudet University is a federally funded center with exemplary elementary and secondary education programs for deaf and hard of hearing students and is tasked with developing and disseminating innovative curricula, instructional techniques, and products nationwide while providing information, training, and technical assistance for parents and professionals to meet the needs of deaf and hard of hearing students from birth to age 21.

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