| The mission of the Bureau of Educational Services and Applied Research (BESAR) is to provide technical assistance to members of the North Dakota and regional human services and educational establishment.
Technical assistance generally involves the collection and interpretation of educational data for program evaluations and needs analyses. However, BESAR staffers will discuss any other ways that educational needs of the region can be supported.
Because of the Bureau's affiliation with the College of Education and Human Development, multiple and broad areas of expertise can be tapped. Staff members at BESAR are ready to lend assistance to your project and will put you in touch with the experts you need.
Services offered by BESAR include the following:
*Research support
*Program and grant evaluations
*Needs analyses
*Data collection and interpretation
*Grant writing assistance
*School improvement surveys and analyses
In most cases BESAR's services are on a fee basis. However, since our mission is to support education and human services in the region, fees are reasonable. Please feel free to call or write.
Richard Landry, Director
Bev Solseng, Administrative Assistant
Bureau of Educational Services and Applied Research
Box 7189
University of North Dakota
Grand Forks, ND 58202-7189
Phone: (701) 777-4421
Sample Bureau Projects, 1998 - 2001
August 2001, Disability Research Encompassing American Indians Into Mathematics and Science:
Systems Change Findings
August 2001, Safe Schools/Healthy Students Evaluation Report
August 2001, Hillsboro Public School NCA Data Report
August 2001, Polk County Public Health State Incentive Grant: Summary of First Year Data
July 2001, Teacher Quality Education Program: Initial Evaluation report
July 2001, North Dakota Early Childhood Tracking System Data Analysis
July 2001, Project DREAMS: Evaluation Report
July 2001, Pre-Professional Skills Test Cutoff Study: Report of Findings
June 2001, Teachers as Scholars (2000-2001)
May 2001, NatureShift! Winter Workshop: Session Evaluation
April 2001, Region IV Report: Grand Forks, North Dakota
January 2001, The University of North Dakota PPST/Praxis Validation Study: Phase One: Content
Validity
January 2001, School as the Center of the Community Evaluation Report
November 2000, Final Evaluation Report: Needs Analysis and Capstone Design Data in the
Corporate Engineering Degree Program
November 2000, Proposal for Measuring Student Outcome in Extending School as the Center of
the Community: A Collaborative Project: The University of North Dakota and Gand Forks Public
School System
October 2000, Team Nutrition Survey Data Report
October 2000, Transition Tracking Report
September 2000, EHD Summary Report of 1999 Survey of Teacher Education Graduates
August 2000, School as the Center of the Community: Success Stories
August 2000, Staff Survey on Student Violence Data Report: Grand Forks Central High School
August 2000, Grand Forks Central High School: Senior Survey Data Report
June 2000, Teachers as Scholars Evaluation Report
May 2000, Walsh-Pembina Safe and Drug Free School Survey: Elementary and Secondary
February 2000, Project DREAMS Interim Evaluation Report
July 1999, Sage Program 1999 Program Evaluation Report |
