Office of Impact and Improvement
Advancing program excellence through formative and summative studies that drive evidence-based improvement.
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The Office of Impact and Improvement partners with Institute programs to design and implement formative and summative studies that examine how, why, and for whom initiatives are effective. Guided by each program’s theory of change, we generate systematic evidence of impact to drive continuous improvement and strengthen the Institute’s contribution to the field. Our team brings expertise in quantitative, qualitative, and mixed-methods evaluation, including the development of survey measures, design of interview and observational protocols, and analysis of longitudinal and qualitative data. Through this work, we foster evidence-based learning, support research collaborations, and contribute to a robust data infrastructure, particularly for Catholic schools.
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Policy on ACE-Affiliated Research, Professional Publications, and Scholarly Activities
The Alliance for Catholic Education supports research, publication and projects for the advancement of educational knowledge and welcomes the opportunity to collaborate on research that makes significant contributions to the growing field of Catholic Education. Official ACE support of research activities may come in one or a combination of forms, including: 1) direct collaboration on the study or project team, 2) sharing program data collected for evaluation purposes; or 3) facilitating access to ACE-affiliated programs, participants, schools, or students.
All research-related requests received by ACE must be reviewed by the Program Evaluation and Research team of the Institute for Educational Initiatives at the University of Notre Dame. The IEI Program Evaluation and Research Team is responsible for providing access to ACE participants and negotiating access to ACE schools for the purposes of scientific research, professional publications, and informal or popular publications and activities. To ensure fairness and equity in the review of research proposals, the policies outlined below apply to all internal and external research, publications and activities that focus on ACE participants and staff, ACE documents, and ACE practices.