Words & Numbers Research, Inc., founded in 1984, performs quantitative and qualitative evaluations and needs assessments in the profit and non-profit sectors.

Recent evaluation projects are being conducted for the United States Department of Education and the National Science Foundation.

USDE

Schoolwide Enrichment Model- Reading

NSF

M2 Advanced Math Programs for Grade K-2 

M3  - Advanced Math Programs Grades 3-5

ITEST-Innovative Tech. Experiences for Student and Teachers

Dr. Carroll was an invited in 2007  by the US Department of Education to evaluate proposals submitted by universities and colleges for the Fund For the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE).

Academic credentials

Susan Rovezzi Carroll, Ph.D. and David Carroll, MSW have the academic training, expertise, and experience to provide action-oriented evaluations and needs assessments.

Both have terminal degrees in areas that relate to the program evaluation. Susan Carroll, while pursuing her doctorate was awarded a research assistantship in the Bureau of Educational Research at the University of Connecticut. David’s areas of specialty, while pursuing an MSW at the School of Social Work, were planning and community organization.Experience

Words & Numbers Research, Inc. has conducted numerous, large scale, multi-year evaluations for the federal and state governments, as well as clients in diverse settings. Currently, we are performing two longitudinal evaluations for projects funded by the US Department of Education.

The customized designs of each program evaluation, the respective implementation and then the completion of the contracts have been achieved with the highest standards. The satisfaction of the clients with their work has resulted in repeat business; the firm does not advertise.

Listening carefully identifies the requirements of clients. This is a skill that David and Susan Carroll can bring to the partnership with state departments, federal agencies, foundations, public schools, community-based organizations, colleges and universities, hospitals and health care organizations and other not-for profits.

Our ability to offer excellent technical expertise and capacity building, while considering the ongoing needs of the project, is a strength that has enabled us to retain our clientele.

ERIC has published three actual reports by Words & Numbers Research, Inc.

• Evaluation of the BRIDGE Dropout Prevention Program. Resources in Education. ERIC Document #UD 027 966.
• CT State Department of Education Summer Incentive Program: An Evaluation of Three Years, Resources in Education. ERIC Document ED#300470.
• Undergraduate program evaluation in allied health. Resources in Education. ERIC Document ED#203741.

Expertise

Dr. Carroll has published many articles on the topic of program evaluation in peer review journals. One in the Journal of Allied Health serves as a model for program evaluation at the post-secondary level. She designed and taught a graduate level course called "Program Evaluation" at the University of Connecticut and was an Associate Professor teaching graduate level Research Methodology prior to starting the firm.

Also, Dr. Carroll has conducted training sessions for executives and educators on conducting surveys and program evaluations. Her teaching evaluations by students have been very strong in both graduate instruction and training format.

Warning: Program Evaluation may be hazardous  to your health. Journal of Health Promotion, 1985, 2 (1), 7-9

Making accountability less painful: Program evaluation in allied health education. Journal of Allied Health, 1985, 14(1), 33-42.