We have decided to start a nonprofit to reduce reading gaps…

We have decided to start a nonprofit to reduce reading gaps in elementary school students after the pandemic. We have started a twice a week intervention to reduce these gaps. We are doing an assessment after 2 months to see if these reading gaps have been improved. Your intern wants to know the difference between formative and summative evaluation. Please define and provide an example of these in regards to the included scenario. Which one would be better here? Why?

We have decided to start an intervention to help older adult…

We have decided to start an intervention to help older adults experiencing loneliness. We have paired these older adults up with young professionals who visit them at least twice a month and talk to them on the phone once a week. We want to see how this is impacting the loneliness score of both parties to see if we should roll this out at other facilities.   If we examine this from the empowerment evaluation perspective, what will we be focused on? Do you think this will be the best way to examine this? Why or why not? Make sure to include the scenario in your answer.

We have decided to start an intervention to help older adult…

We have decided to start an intervention to help older adults experiencing loneliness. We have paired these older adults up with young professionals who visit them at least twice a month and talk to them on the phone once a week. We want to see how this is impacting the loneliness score of both parties to see if we should roll this out at other facilities.  What type of research design would be best here: case study, descriptive, or experimental? Why? What sorts of results will I get? Make sure to include the scenario in your answer.