Feedback on the Provision of Technical Assistance for Personal Responsibility Education Innovative Strategies Program (PREIS) and Tribal PREP (TPREP) Grantees

OMB #0970-0401

Exp. Date: 05/31/2021

Appendix A. Survey

Please take a few minutes to provide feedback about your experience with the Rigorous Evaluation Technical Assistance (RETA) team following the evaluation design review process, during the Evaluation TA calls, and through the analysis plan reviews. Your responses are anonymous and will be used for program improvement purposes only. Thank you for your time!

1. Are you a PREIS Grantee or Evaluator __________

or a Tribal PREP grantee or Evaluator _________?

For the questions below, please indicate the extent to which you agree or disagree with the following statements.

SD – I strongly disagree with this statement.

D – I disagree with this statement.

N – I neither agree nor disagree with this statement.

A – I agree with this statement.

SA – I strongly agree with this statement.

NA – Not applicable.

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Please indicate your response to the following statements, which relate to the Evaluation Technical Assistance (TA) provided, including resources and tools.
The regular TA calls were beneficial to my evaluation.	SD	D	N	A	SA	NA
The frequency of TA calls was sufficient to support my evaluation.	SD	D	N	A	SA	NA
I felt comfortable asking questions of my RETA.	SD	D	N	A	SA	NA
My RETA provided a timely response to my inquiries.	SD	D	N	A	SA	NA
Having Evaluation TA enhanced our understanding of conducting a rigorous evaluation.	SD	D	N	A	SA	NA
Overall, I believe my evaluation is higher quality for having received Evaluation TA.	SD	D	N	A	SA	NA
The abstract reporting template and instructions were clear.	SD	D	N	A	SA	NA
The CONSORT reporting template and instructions were clear.	SD	D	N	A	SA	NA
The baseline equivalence reporting template and instructions were clear.	SD	D	N	A	SA	NA
The analysis plan reporting template and instructions were clear.	SD	D	N	A	SA	NA
Adequate time was provided to complete the required templates.	SD	D	N	A	SA	NA
The SharePoint site was user friendly.	SD	D	N	A	SA	NA
I was able to access resources and updates on the SharePoint site easily.	SD	D	N	A	SA	NA
The SharePoint site was up to date and the materials I needed were available.	SD	D	N	A	SA	NA
Materials I needed were available on the SharePoint site.	SD	D	N	A	SA	NA

This final section provides an opportunity for you to provide more specific feedback on the Evaluation TA. Your candid feedback will help us improve future TA, and further strengthen areas that are currently working well.

17. What did you enjoy MOST about the technical assistance?

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18. What did you enjoy LEAST about the technical assistance?

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19. How can we improve the technical assistance for the future?

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20. Are there additional tools and/or resources that you believe would have been beneficial for your evaluation?

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