implementation

EERS Week: The Voldemort Effect by Jennifer Hamilton

My name is Jennifer Hamilton, and I am the Vice President for Education and Child Development at NORC at the University of Chicago and Past President of the Eastern Evaluation Research Society (EERS), an AEA affiliate. I am also a methodologist, who sometimes tweets about evaluation (@limeygrl). Given the increasing necessity for evaluators to adapt to our changing world …

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PD Presenters Week: Meg Hargreaves and David Chavis on Advancing the Implementation Science of Community/Systems Change

Hi! We are Meg Hargreaves (principal associate) and David Chavis, (principal associate and CEO) at Community Science, an evaluation and consulting firm that works with governments, foundations, and non-profit organizations on solutions to social problems through community and other systems change. As part of our goal to strengthen the science and practice of building healthy, …

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EdEval Week: Tiffany Berry and Kathryn Edwards on New Assessment Systems Designed to Align with Common Core Standards

Hi! My name is Tiffany Berry and I’m a research associate professor at Claremont Graduate University. My colleague, Kathryn Edwards, is an educational evaluator from the Los Angeles County Office of Education (LACOE). I recently attended a training hosted by LACOE on the assessment systems that will replace our state standardized tests starting in 2014-2015. …

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Bernadette Sangalang on Developing or Improving Evaluation Efforts in Nonprofit Organizations

Hello, I am Bernadette Sangalang, Evaluation Director at San Francisco AIDS Foundation (SFAF), a nonprofit that aims to reduce new HIV infections through education, advocacy, and direct services. Prior to SFAF I was an evaluation officer at a large philanthropic organization. I’ve found that, to make evaluation more useful to nonprofits, it helps to start …

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