SREed is the external evaluation partner for TEAM GEAR UP. In this role, SREed supports project leaders and partners by collecting, analyzing, and reporting evidence about implementation, progress, outcomes, and opportunities for improvement.
SREed’s evaluation work is grounded in four core commitments:
Theory-driven evaluation – SREed examines how TEAM GEAR UP’s strategies are expected to lead to student outcomes and studies whether the project is being implemented in ways that align with its theory of change.
Responsive partnership – SREed works with project leaders, schools, and partners to ensure that evaluation questions are relevant, timely, and useful for decision-making.
Use-focused reporting – SREed designs evaluation products that project staff and partners can use to monitor progress, strengthen implementation, and improve supports for students and families.
Rigorous methods – SREed uses qualitative and quantitative methods to understand implementation, participation, student outcomes, and system-level change over time.
Evaluation Questions
SREed’s evaluation of TEAM GEAR UP can be organized around several guiding questions:
- Implementation: To what extent are TGU services being implemented as planned across schools, grades, and partner organizations?
- Participation: Which students, families, educators, and schools are receiving TGU supports, and how does participation vary over time?
- Quality and coherence: How well are partner services coordinated into a coherent student support pathway?
- Short-term outcomes: How are students’ academic engagement, college knowledge, family awareness, and educator capacity changing during the early years of implementation?
- Mid-term outcomes: Are students making progress toward Algebra I completion, on-track high school progression, dual enrollment, graduation, and FAFSA completion?
- Long-term outcomes: Are students enrolling in postsecondary education and persisting into the second year?
- Continuous improvement: What lessons can project leaders and partners use to strengthen implementation and improve student supports?