Assessing the Effectiveness of Mentoring Programs
By Jean Baldwin Grossman, Ph.D., & Amy Johnson, Ph.D.
The Prevention Researcher,
Volume 9, Number 1, 2002, Pages 8-11
Abstract:
Based on their evaluations of the Big Brothers Big Sisters program and Philadelphia Futures' Sponsor-A-Scholar program, Drs. Grossman and Johnson present a number of benchmarks and indicators that they have developed which can be used to assess a program's effectiveness without the cost of a rigorous evaluation.
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This article can be found in the issue:
Mentoring
The Prevention Researcher,
Volume 9, Number 1, 2002
Recent evaluations have shown the importance and effectiveness of mentoring programs in the lives of adolescents. This issue examines this important prevention method which focuses on the positive relationship between an adult and a youth.
This issue also featured these articles:
- • Assessing the Effectiveness of Mentoring Programs, Pages 8-11
- • Family Mentors and Educational Resilience Among Native Students, Pages 14-15
- • Mentoring Lesbian and Gay Youth, Pages 16
- • Mentoring Programs for At-Risk Youth, Pages 1,3
- • Mentors' Contributions to Gifted Adolescents' Development, Pages 12-13
- • Setting Up a School-Based Mentoring Program, Pages 4-7
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