Truancy and Drop-Out Program Evaluation

Truancy and Drop-Out Program Evaluation

Principal Investigator: Linda J. Peñaloza, Ph.D.
Start and End Dates: August 2005 - June 2007
Source of Funding: New Mexico Public Education Department (PED)

The UNM Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention has been contracted by the New Mexico Public Education Department to coordinate the evaluation activities for the Governor’s Truancy Prevention Program, first established in 2004. The Initiative is comprised of several projects aimed at preventing and reducing truancy. Some of the activities the truancy evaluation team will be focusing on are: setting process and outcome indicators, development of appropriate data collection instruments, visiting schools to collect feedback from the school community, conducting interviews with stakeholders and analyzing a multi-media campaign based out of one of the participating schools. The goal of collecting the evaluation results is to prevent potential delinquent activity, social isolation, or educational failure via suspension, expulsion, or dropping out.

For additional information, please contact Linda Peñaloza, Ph.D.,
(505) 272-4462 or LPeñaloza @salud.unm.edu


Governor's Truancy Prevention Initiative End-of-Year Evaluation Report, June 2007	pdf (226 k)