Contact Information

210 Lindquist Center South
College of Education
The University of Iowa
Iowa City, IA 52242 USA

9am-3pm Monday-Friday
Suggested by appointment

• Ph.D. University of Georgia
• M.A. University of Kentucky
• B.A. Hendrix College

• Associate Professor, Psychological and Quantitative Foundations
• Secondary Appointment: Educational Policy and Leadership Studies

• Director, Center for Evaluation & Assessment
• Former Associate Dean, College of Education
• Former Chair, College of Education Diversity Committee
• Former Chair, University of Iowa Council on Teaching
• Faculty Assembly, Faculty Senate

• American Evaluation Association
• American Educational Research Association
• National Council on Measurement in Education
• Joint Committee on Standards for Educational Evaluation, Executive Committee

• Joint Committee on Standards for Educational Evaluation (2003). The student evaluation standards. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press [co-author]
• Yarbrough, D. B. (2002). Learn Anytime Anywhere Project: Third party evaluation report. University of Iowa Center for Evaluation and Assessment. Iowa City, IA
• Yarbrough, D. B. & Wade, R. (2002). Using program theory to build and evaluate service-learning programs. In S.H. Billig, & A. Furco (Eds.) Advances in service-learning research, Volume 1: The essence of the pedagogy (p. 103-123). Greenwich, CT: Information Age Publishers.
• Yarbrough, D. B., Vanden Berk, E. & Cassata, J. C. (2001). Final Evaluation Report: Lila Wallace-Reader's Digest Fund Iowa Network Project. University of Iowa, Center for Evaluation and Assessment. Iowa City, Iowa.
• Patton, J. E., Yarbrough, D. B., Thursby, D. (2000). Another look at children's symbol reversals. Perceptual and Motor Skills, 90, 577-578.
• Wade, R. C., Anderson, J. B., Yarbrough, D. B., Pickeral, T., Erickson, J. B., and Kromer, T. (1999) Novice teachers' experiences with community service-learning. Teaching and Teacher Education: An International
  Journal of Research and Studies, 15, 667-684
• Yarbrough, D.B. (1998). Evaluation of the Art and Life in Africa CD ROM Project. University of Iowa, Center for Evaluation and Assessment, Iowa City, Iowa. [Funded by FIPSE and the Stanley Foundation]
• Yarbrough, D. B. (1997). Evaluation of the Consortium for Minorities in Teaching Careers Teacher Recruitment Projects, 1993-96. University of Iowa, Center for Evaluation and Assessment, Iowa City, Iowa. [Funded by FIPSE]
• Raheim, S., Alter, C.F., & Yarbrough, D.B. (1997). Evaluating Microenterprise Programs: Issues and lessons learned. Journal of Developmental Entrepreneurship, 2 (1), 27-42.
• Wade, R. C., & Yarbrough, D. B. (1996). Portfolios: A tool for reflective thinking in teacher education. Teaching and Teacher Education: An International Journal of Research and Studies, 12 (1), 63-79.
• Yarbrough, D. (1995). Theoretical foundations of preservice teacher evaluation. In S. W. Soled (Ed.), Assessment, testing and evaluation in teacher education. Norwood, NJ: Ablex

• Evaluation Methodology
• Evaluation Standards
• Higher Ed. Classroom Assessment

Courses Typically Taught

• Introduction to Program Evaluation
• Program Evaluation (Design)
• Selected Topics in Evaluation: Seminar
• Evaluation Practicum