- Library Advocacy:
- A recent Public Library Association toolkit on advocacy would be of interest:
This book has a lot of good practical material and good explanations of the various methods you can use for evaluation with good examples as well.
- Internal Performance Indicators:
- ROI (Return of Investment) Analysis (The practice in the US is to have firms with experience in this specialized area conduct the ROI analysis)
Its economic impact analysis is done by the Seattle-based firm Berk & Associates http://www.berkandassociates.com/services01.html
- Public Library Strategic Planning
- Leveled Reading
- "What is Leveled Reading?" by Deborah Wilburn, Scholastic site
- Guided reading: http://www.readinga-z.com/newfiles/leveledreaders.html
- DRA (Developmental Reading Assessment):
- Lexile
The Lexile Framework for Reading is a scientific approach to reading measurement that matches readers to text. The Lexile Framework measures both reader ability and text difficulty on the same scale, called the Lexile scale. This approach allows educators to manage reading comprehension and encourage reader progress using Lexile measures and a broad range of Lexile products, tools and services.