Dr. Chris Smith, the evaluator for KELC, developed a collaboration model used by KELC based on three separate collaboration measures or tools. Click here for the Community Collaboration Assessment Tool.
Levels of Collaboration Scale
Frey, B.B., Lohmeier, J.H., Lee, S.W., and Tollefson, N. (2006). Measuring collaboration among grant partners. American Journal of Evaluation, 27(3), 383-392).
Measures:
Partnership Assessment Scale
Hardy, B., Hudson, B. and Waddington E. (2000). What makes a Good Partnership? A Partnership Assessment Tool. Leeds: Nuffield Institute for Health.
Based on Six Principles of Measurement:
Focus of Services Scale
Adapted from the Pyramid Model of Partnership from the Center on the Social and Emotional Foundations for Early Learning (CSEFEL), Office of Head Start and the Child Care Bureau, Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
Measures:
Each of the 12 KELC county groups used these three collaborative measuring surveys. The results were compiled in 2009 by Dr. Smith and have been shared with the county groups for their use in strengthening their collaborative work in meeting the educational and service needs of young children and their famiies. The surveys may be used again by the groups to measure progress in collaboration.
Source: 2010 Kids Count Data Book, datacenter.kidscount.org.
