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This paper,
part 3 of three reports commissioned by the Combat Poverty Agency on the topic
of educational disadvantage, is an evaluation report of the Agency’s Pilot
Demonstration Programme on Educational Disadvantage. This programme consisted
four integrated education networks. The evaluation was both evaluative and
formative in nature; the local networks were assisted to reflect on their work
as it developed and to become clearer on the desired direction of that work.
Participation in programme discussions, seminars and with individual networks
also provided the evaluation team with opportunities to become familiar with
and contribute to developing understanding of issues and concerns, as they
arose within the programme. The evaluation team also provided guidance to each
of the networks in the development of their respective processes to monitor and
evaluate their work, at a local level.