This Quality Assessment Tool was designed to help family life educators and others who work with families to judge the quality of written and online materials aimed at families. What makes Family Life Education materials good? High quality materials are based on a strong information base (content), are constructed well (construction), and make a difference for the families they seek to educate (effectiveness).

This tool guides the user through an analysis of the first two characteristics: the content and construction of the materials. It focuses on factors that can be assessed by examining the materials themselves. It does not measure the effectiveness of the materials in achieving their objectives, however. Effectiveness must be measured by outcome or impact evaluation methods. FLEMat QAT does not guide the user through outcome evaluation, but consulting evaluation reports conducted by other authors can strengthen a FLEMat QAT assessment.

This tool breaks the assessment process into 4 steps:

  Choose the type of material to be reviewed.

  Write a description of the material.

  Determine the quality of the material.

  Write a recommendation.

Begin with STEP 1, and the program will guide you through the remaining steps.

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