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The Corporation for National and Community Service plays a vital role in supporting the American culture of citizenship, service and responsibility. We are a catalyst for change and champion for the ideal that every American has skills and talents to give.
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The Corporation for National and Community Service plays a vital role in supporting the American culture of citizenship, service and responsibility. We are a catalyst for change and champion for the ideal that every American has skills and talents to give.
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Since 1993, RSVP volunteer Charles Smith, a retired Army officer, has served fifty hours each week with the Arizona National Guard's Youth Corps Program, Project Challenge.   Since 1993, RSVP volunteer Charles Smith, a retired Army officer, has served fifty hours each week with the Arizona National Guard's Youth Corps Program, Project Challenge.
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A 2005 Spirit of Service Award recipient, Tina initiated a service-learning program that now has more than 95 percent of the student body participating.   A 2005 Spirit of Service Award recipient, Tina initiated a service-learning program that now has more than 95 percent of the student body participating.
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  1/12/2009   Radio Stations Support Call to Service on King Day
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  1/9/2009   National Service Acting CEO Blogs About King Day of Service
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  1/9/2009   Colin Powell Announces President-Elect Obama’s Call to National Service
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  1/6/2009   Planned System Outage for late January 2009
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  1/2/2009   AmeriCorps Help Texans Recover from Hurricane Ike
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  12/31/2008   President Bush, President-Elect Obama, and General Powell To Headline National Mentoring Month
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  12/31/2008   Communities Gearing Up for Massive Day of Service on King Holiday
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  12/30/2008   King Day of Service Update & Action Request
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  12/10/2008   Gearing Up For the January 19 King Day of Service
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  12/8/2008   The Economic Downturn and National Service
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Resource CenterUsing surveys with scaled response options to yield high-quality data

Identifying appropriate methods for data collection — and subsequently developing them — is an important part of performance evaluation. This effective practice will help programs decide when to use survey questions with scaled response choices and understand how to develop clear questions for these types of evaluations. Three commonly used instruments will be addressed — agreement, evaluation, and frequency scales. When used appropriately, scaled questions can yield high-quality data in a format that is relatively easy to summarize and report. Project STAR shared this effective practice in June 2007.

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