Importance of Program Evaluations:
Teen Lures TV Newscast Proven Effective
Schools and other child serving organizations are extremely busy places, with limited time for each valuable educational program offered. Evaluating program efficacy is important for two reasons:
1.) to ascertain if the program is having the intended effect 2.) to determine how the program could be improved by identifying what areas of knowledge and skill need additional or continual attention.
Two schools recently evaluated the Teen Lures TV Newscast School Program, with excellent results. Rice Memorial High School and CTK School both conducted Pre and Post Tests to assess the effectiveness of Teen Lures TV Newscast. Evaluation highlights documenting its effectiveness follow.
Significant knowledge increase in these areas:
- Teens can be groomed for abuse with attention, special privileges and gifts. (36%/44% knowledge gain)
- Acquaintance rape is a common crime among teens and young adults. (16%/19% knowledge gain)
- Sexual abuse is never the victim's fault.
(13%/15.3% knowledge gain)
Significant improvement in Cyber knowledge:
- Knowing only our phone number, anyone can Google exactly where we live. (19%/16% knowledge gain)
- Cyberbullying is a crime in all 50 states.
(15%/11% knowledge gain)
Notable improvement of specific personal safety skills include:
- Teens are not obligated to assist when someone asks for help. (20%/15% skill improvement)
- It is a crime to text nude images of ourselves to a boyfriend or girlfriend. (12%/15.3% skill improvement)
Full evaluations are available upon request. For TLP
Program Evaluation assistance, please call Jennifer @ 1-800-552-2197. Online Pre/Post Tests available.
The Teen Lures TV Newscast uses a combination of student-led newscasts and counselor/teacher-facilitated classroom discussions. It is proving to be an effective tool in teen personal safety education.
To preview the Teen Lures TV Newscast School Program for Grades 7-12, click here.