Program evaluation is the longitudinal tracking study.
The JTNS notifies researchers of survey administration dates, tracks surveys, updates participant status, reports county performance, supports data entry from surveys, and supports numerous other administrative tasks. The notification program has helped the counties keep abreast of their progress without the burden of the administrative overhead necessary for this evaluation. The system has performed well and has heightened the interest of many counties concerning automation. Yet, resistance to an innovation does occur and sometimes a diffusion attempt fails completely. Using an interpretive interactionist approach, this paper describes how latent meanings of the CMC innovation emerged and the impact these meanings had on students' acceptance of CMC as an innovation.