Applied Survey Research - Making Information Work for You!


Applied Survey Research (ASR) is a non-profit research organization dedicated to helping people build better communities by providing valid, meaningful, and usable assessments and outcome evaluations necessary for effective community planning and programming. ASR helps communities and organizations use existing data or generate new data and share it with community leaders, the media and the public. We believe in using data to continuously improve efforts and provide an understanding between program work and community trends. (Please scroll down to download recently released reports and for information about the RBA Forum) ASR brings decades of social research experience-in both academic and applied settings-to the design of every project. Incorporated in 1981, the firm has more than 24 years of experience working with public and private agencies, health and human service organizations, city and county offices, school districts, higher learning institutions, and charitable foundations. We have a broad range of expertise in policy-focused, survey research, program and outcome evaluation, as well as numerous community, regional and national assessment studies. ASR's successful record of providing timely and useable research results speaks for our strong capabilities in the areas of custom methodological design, project management, implementation, data collection, analysis and reporting as well as our use of the most appropriate technology. Through this web site, you will learn more about ASR, about the communities and service organizations we work with, and about our services, capabilities, and past and current projects.
Recently Released Reports and Presentations: Reasons Why One School "Beats the Odds" in Santa Clara County View/Download the Case Study Does Readiness Matter? How Kindergarten Readiness Translates Into Academic Success View/Download the Report 2007 Santa Cruz County Homeless Census and Survey View/Download the Report Santa Cruz County Community Assessment Project 2007, Year 13 See description of CAP and available reports Download the CAP Report Visit the Community Assessment Project of Santa Cruz County website CPC Summit Presentation Data Driven Community Action: A Focus on Santa Cruz County View/Download the Presentation Project CURB Executive Summary 2007 The Status of Youth Drinking in Santa Cruz County View/Download the Report View/Download the Executive Summary Santa Clara County Community Health Assessment 2007 View/Download the Report View/Download Individual Report Sections View/Download the Executive Summary Santa Cruz County Methamphetamine Snapshot 2007 View/Download the Report View/Download the Executive Summary School Readiness in Santa Clara County: Results of the 2006 Assessment and a Summary of Three-Year Trends View/Download the Report How to Support School Readiness & Success of Children, Families, & Schools: A Briefing Report for Funders, Non-Profits, and Policymakers This paper presents key recommendations formulated by the Santa Clara County Partnership for School Readiness' Awareness-to-Action Study Circles, convened in Fall 2006. View/Download the Report *First 5 Solano Children and Families Commission, Community Impact Report, Results Fair 2006* View/Download the Report Assessment of Kindergarten Readiness in San Mateo County and Santa Clara County, 2006 Visit the Webpage Download the Report (4.1MB PDF) Download the Executive Summary (.6MB PDF) Download the Presentation (.8MB PowerPoint) See News Coverage Healthier San Joaquin County Community Assessment 2005 Visit the Website or Download the Comprehensive Report (3,712K PDF) The 2005 Santa Cruz County Homeless Census and Survey Visit the Webpage or Download the Comprehensive Report (2,340K PDF) The 2005 Santa Cruz County Homeless Census and Survey Visit the Webpage or Download the Comprehensive Report (2,340K PDF) The 2004 Santa Clara County Homeless Census and Survey Visit the Webpage or Download the Comprehensive Report (1,937K PDF) 2005 Santa Clara County Children's Report: Key Indicators of Well-being Download the Comprehensive Report (2,703K PDF) Assessing School Readiness in Santa Clara County, 2005 Download the Comprehensive Report (4,214K PDF) Turning the Cruve at the Community Level - Presentation from the 2004 International Conference on Community Indicators Download the Presentation (2,963K PDF) Homeless Projects for Santa Clara, San Bernardino, Santa Cruz, Monterey, and Mendocino Counties Subscribe to the Applied Survey Research newsletter
Welcome RBA Forum Members!
Welcome to our Results Based Accountability (RBA) forum. RBA was developed by Mark Friedman of the Fiscal Policy Studies Institute and is used by organizations and communities to drive community action and public policy. ASR uses RBA in much of its work and believes in its core principle of using data to facilitate change.	One of the goals of this forum is to provide an opportunity for open, honest discussions about RBA and to explore more ways of helping people, organizations and communities "turn the curve" towards positive outcomes. Please join us and share your thoughts and experiences about RBA.