Evaluation guide 1 A guide to evaluating road safety education programs for young adults C CContents Introduction Identify the goals and objectives of your program Choose the best methods of evaluation for your program Choose how you will collect the info

A guide to evaluating road safety education programs for young adults C CContents Introduction Identify the goals and objectives of your program Choose the best methods of evaluation for your program Choose how you will collect the information Carry out the evaluation Report on your ?ndings Appendix A Evaluation planning template Appendix B Case study of a young driver program Appendix C Di ?erent types of evaluation Appendix D Resources Appendix E Examples of useful surveys and questionnaires Glossary Department of Transport and Main Roads A guide to evaluating road safety education programs for young adults November CIntroduction The purpose of this guide is to assist community organisations and other providers of road safety education programs for young novice drivers to evaluate their programs It includes guidance tools and templates for how to plan undertake and report on a program evaluation Why was the guide developed Road safety education seeks to bring about change in knowledge attitude or skills related to being safe and making sure others are safe on the road It can be delivered in many ways A key role of road safety education is to raise awareness of road safety as a personally relevant issue There is a pressing need for this guide as many road safety education programs have not been evaluated In addition many providers do not have the expertise to self-evaluate their programs or the resources to employ expert consultants to undertake such a task The Department of Transport and Main Roads is concerned that the content of some programs may not be consistent with ? best practice ? in road safety education In particular some programs may contain content that research has shown to result in negative road safety outcomes for example skid control training in o ?-road areas which have been linked to an increased crash risk The department ? s aim in developing this guide is to assist providers of road safety education programs to review the e ?ectiveness of their existing programs so they can be improved and refocussed where necessary This will ensure that their road safety objectives are actually being achieved This guide may also assist those developing new programs to build in evaluation techniques Evaluation will help to ensure that your program is based on the best available evidence works in the way you think it does and changes what you want to change Evaluation results can also help you to seek funding to continue or expand your program For more information on best practice in road safety education it is recommended that you refer to a recent literature review of best practice Driver education for senior school students Years ?? and novice drivers which was developed by the Department of Transport and Main Roads in conjunction with the Centre for Accident Research and Road Safety ?? Queensland CARRS -Q It should be of particular interest to those trying to develop or maintain high quality road safety education programs What is in the guide and how to

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