title: Balancing the priorities of evaluation with the priorities of the setting: A focus on positive youth development programs in school settings.
abstract: This paper explores important issues that program developers and evaluators must consider when implementing and researching positive youth development programs in school settings. Issues such as ensuring utility of the program at the local level and assessing process, proximate, and distal outcomes are stressed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Human Development and Family Studies, Penn State University, University Park, Pennsylvania.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Meyer
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Miller
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Herman