Illustrative Documents for the MSP-PE Principal Investigators  

Yin, Robert K., and Darnella Davis, "State-Level Education Reform," in Kenneth Wong and Stacey Rutledge (eds.), Statewide Efforts to Improve Student Achievement, Information Age Publishing, Greenwich, CT, 2006, pp. 1-33.

Yin, Robert K., and Darnella Davis, "Adding New Dimensions to Case Study Evaluations:  The Case of Evaluating Comprehensive Reforms," New Directions in Evaluation, forthcoming.

"A Report on the Evaluation of the National Science Foundation's Informal Science Education Program," COSMOS Corporation, Bethesda, MD, March 1998.

"A Report on the Evaluation of the National Science Foundation's Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research," COSMOS Corporation, Bethesda, MD, May 1999.

Healthy People

Cost Benefit Estimates in Prevention Research," Journal of Primary Prevention, 25(2):  137-148, October 2004

Final Report: Developing a Self-Assessment Tool for Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services in Local Public Health Agencies, prepared for the Office of Minority Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, December 2003.

Final Report: National Study of Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services in Managed Care Organizations, prepared for the Office of Minority Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, August 2003.

Limited English Proficiency as a Barrier to Family Planning Services, prepared for the Office of Population Affairs, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, March 2003.

Myths and Realities in Substance Abuse Prevention, prepared for Center for Substance Abuse Prevention, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, November 2001.

The Need for Rural Systems in Prevention, prepared for Center for Substance Abuse Prevention, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, November 2001.

Cost-Benefit Estimates from Prevention Research, prepared for Center for Substance Abuse Prevention, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, June 2001.

A Framework for Strengthening State Substance Abuse Prevention Systems, Sharing Practical Experiences, prepared for National Center for the Advancement of Prevention, Center for Substance Abuse Prevention, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, June 2001.

Evaluation of the Health Effects Subcommittee Advisory Process, prepared for National Center for Environmental Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, January 2001.

Assessment of State Minority Health Infrastructure and Capacity to Address Issues of Health Disparities, prepared for Office of Minority Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, September 2000.

"Using Outcome Data to Evaluate Community Drug Prevention Initiatives: Pushing the State-of-the-Art," Journal of Community Psychology, May 2000, 28:3, pp. 323-338.

YouthALIVE! Initiative (Phase II): A Final Evaluation, prepared for Wallace-Reader's Digest Funds, August 2000.

"Enhancing the Quality of Case Studies in Health Services Research," Health Services Research, December 1999, 34: 1209-1224.

Education and Informal Education Institutions

"Final Report: Strategies and Trends in Urban Education Reform," submitted to the National Science Foundation, September, 2005.

"Re-conceptualizing Equity through Promoting Choice: Findings from Evaluation Examining Four Choice Programs- Voluntary Public School Choice Program," presentation at the American Educational Research Association 2004 Annual Meeting, April 2004.

Progressing Towards Reform: Fourth Annual Report, Cross-site Evaluation of the Urban Systemic Program, prepared for the National Science Foundation, January 2004.

An Annotated Workshop Reader and Ideabook, submitted in seven volumes to the American Association of School Administrators, November 18, 2003 to support their Wallace Funds’ LEADERS Count study, The Urban Superintendency: Understanding the Work, Sharing the Knowledge

Study of Statewide Education Reform in K-12 Science and Mathematics:  State-Level Reform, Ten Years Later (Volume I), prepared for the National Science Foundation, June 2003 (see also Volume II).

Evaluation of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA) Comprehensive Human Exploration and Development of Space (HEDS) Education Program and Outreach Activities, prepared for National Aeronautics and Space Administration and the University of Virginia, January 2003.

Final Report: Findings from the Field-focused Study of The Comprehensive School Reform Demonstration Program (Volume 1), prepared for Policy and Program Studies, U.S. Department of Education, Service, 2003 (see also Volume II and Individual Site Reports). [Note: an Unpublished Draft of the Final Report, containing additional analyses of student achievement data, is also available.]

Presentation to the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New Orleans, April 3, 2002: Urban Systemic Reform: A Discussion Among Policy Makers, Implementors, and Evaluators
Slide Presentation 

A Report on the Evaluation of the National Science Foundations Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research, prepared for the National Science Foundation, May 1999.

Violence, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice

Juvenile Gun Courts: "Promoting Accountability and Providing Treatment," Juvenile Accountability Incentive Block Grants Program Bulletin, May 2002.

Building Effective Strategies to Promote Youth Development and Prevent Youth Violence Grant Program Cross-Site Evaluation, prepared for John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, July 2001.

"Gun Use by Male Juveniles: Research and Prevention," Juvenile Justice Bulletin, July 2001.

"Fighting Juvenile Gun Violence," Juvenile Justice Bulletin, September 2000.

Promising Strategies to Reduce Gun Violence, prepared for Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, February 1999.

"Strategies to Reduce Gun Violence," Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Fact Sheet, February 1999.

Community Development and State and Local Economic Development

Success Story: The National Accounts Project, The Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) Project, report to the National Institute of Standards and Technology Manufacturing Extension Partnership, COSMOS Corporation, Bethesda, MD, August 2003.

The Technology Administrations Office of Technology Policy Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Technology: Case Study Report, prepared for Office of Technology Policy, U.S. Department of Commerce, June 2001.

Common Data Collected for The Ford Foundation's Neighborhood and Family Initiative: Neighborhood Indicators, prepared for The Ford Foundation, August 2000.

MEP (Manufacturing Extension Partnership) Success: More Transformed Firms Case Studies, National Institute of Standards and Technology, U.S. Department of Commerce, May 2000.

Case Study Research and Methodology

"Case Study Methods as Applied to Education Research," in Judith L. Green, Gregory Camilli, and Patricia Elmore (eds.), Complementary Methods for Research in Education, 3rd edition, American Educational Research Association, Washington, DC, in press

Editor, The Case Study Anthology, Sage Publications, Thousand Oaks, CA 2004

Case Study Research: Design and Methods, Sage Publications, Thousand Oaks, CA, 2003, 3rd edition (1st edition, 1984, 8 printings; rev. ed., 1989, 15 printings; 2nd edition, 1994, 14 printings; also translated into Japanese, Portuguese, and Chinese).

"Rival Explanations as an Alternative to Reforms as Experiments," in L. Bickman (ed.), Validity and Social Experimentation: Donald Campbells Legacy, Sage Publications, Thousand Oaks, CA, 2000, pp. 239-266.

"Enhancing the Quality of Case Studies in Health Services Research," Health Services Research, December 1999, 34: 1209-1224.