Outcome measures in social work education in the United States: a national survey

• Published in: International social work Vol. 38; no. 1; pp. 79 - 86
• Main Authors: Miah, M. Mizanur Rahman, Newcomb, Paul R.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Thousand Oaks, CA Sage Publications 01-01-1995; Sage Publications Ltd
• Subjects: Education; Graduate Schools; Measures (Instruments); Program Evaluation; Research Methodology; Social work; Social Work Education; United States of America
• ISSN: 0020-8728; 1461-7234
• DOI: 10.1177/002087289503800107

Provides baseline data describing the efforts of accredited programs in the US to measure outcomes in social work education in conformity with recent Council on Social Work Education (CSWE) standards. Analysis of surveys obtained from accredited Master of Social Work programs (N not specified) in the US programs in the US reveals that 63% had developed outcome instruments, while 36% had actually developed follow-up studies. Program structure, program size, & accreditation status with respect to the new standards were found to be statistically unrelated to the development of outcome measurement instruments regardless of whether follow-up studies had been conducted. 34 References. Adapted from the source document.