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EdEval Week: Veronica Smith on Engaging Teachers in STEM Curriculum and Assessment Development

1 Comment / Prek-12 Educational Evaluation / May 10, 2012 May 12, 2012

I am Veronica Smith, principal of data2insight, an evaluation and research firm specializing in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) program evaluation. We worked with Washington Global Health Alliance (WGHA), a consortium of research universities and non-profit organizations in Washington state, on the evaluation of an interdisciplinary curriculum program called Ambassadors. WGHA Ambassadors (WGHAA) aims …

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EPE Week: Anna Williams on The False Dichotomy Between “Environmental” and “Social”

4 Comments / Environmental Program Evaluation / April 17, 2012 April 15, 2012

Hi. I am Anna Williams, a Senior Associate at Ross & Associates Environmental Consulting in Seattle, Washington. I have devoted the past 20 years to solving complex environmental-social issues. I use the words “environmental-social” here intentionally: Fundamentally both “environmental” and “social” challenges – and their solutions – are the same. An independent evaluation I conducted …

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NA Week: Ryan Watkins on Overcoming Five Obstacles to a Successful Needs Assessment

Leave a Comment / Needs Assessment / April 12, 2012 April 6, 2012

I’m Ryan Watkins and I am an associate professor at George Washington University. Among other things, I maintain the needs assessment website www.gapsinresults.com – which collects many needs assessment resources for you. I’m writing today about five needs assessment obstacles and tips to overcome them. Lessons Learned: 1st Obstacle: “We need …” Unfortunately, needs assessment …

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NA Week: Ryan Watkins on Five Must Read Articles on Needs Assessment

Leave a Comment / Needs Assessment / April 8, 2012 April 9, 2012

I’m Ryan Watkins, an Associate Professor at George Washington University. Lessons Learned: Get familiar with needs assessment literature Even if you only occasionally conduct needs assessments, it is important to be aware of the research literature that supports your theories, processes, and tools. I’ve summarized five “classic” articles on needs assessment that should be on …

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APC Week: Anna Williams on When is a policy “win” real? Why does this matter when evaluating policy advocacy?

1 Comment / Advocacy and Policy Change, Environmental Program Evaluation, Nonprofits and Foundations Evaluation / January 11, 2012 April 3, 2012

Hi. I’m Anna Williams, Senior Associate at Ross & Associates Environmental Consulting, in Seattle, Washington. Advocates, their funders, and policy advocacy evaluators seek to understand the results of policy advocacy work. Advocates promote the adoption (or reversal) of government policies, and many use the term “wins” to refer to successful milestones in their advocacy work. …

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Joelle Cook on the Bellwether Interview Methodology

Leave a Comment / Advocacy and Policy Change, Qualitative Methods / January 6, 2012 January 2, 2012

I am Joelle Cook with Organizational Research Services (ORS) in Seattle, Washington. ORS designs, implements and coaches clients in outcome-based planning and evaluation. We specialize in advocacy and policy evaluation and our advocacy-related projects often include the investigation of changes in political will. Through a demonstration session at the 2011 AEA conference, Steve Mumford and …

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SCEA Week: Kara Crohn on the AEA Annual Conference Fieldtrip and Using Multiple Methods to Check Your Assumptions

Leave a Comment / Uncategorized / October 28, 2011 October 27, 2011

My name is Kara Crohn. I am a Research Manager for EMI (http://www.emiconsulting.com). We are best known for our research and evaluation related to energy efficiency. We also assist clients with strategic planning, policy, program design, and program optimization. EMI is based in Seattle, Washington. I had the good fortune to start our Southern California …

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Agata Jose-Ivanina on Identifying and Evaluating a Program’s Costs

1 Comment / Costs, Effectiveness, Benefits and Economics / October 6, 2011 October 6, 2011

Greetings all! I am Agata Jose-Ivanina and I am a Senior Associate with ICF International, a research and evaluation firm headquartered near Washington, DC. As the budget debate has been heating up and educational agencies have to make hard choices, we have seen an increased demand to include a cost component as part of program …

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Myia Welsh and Johanna Morariu on Approaches to Supporting Evaluation Capacity Building

2 Comments / Nonprofits and Foundations Evaluation, Organizational Learning and Evaluation Capacity Building / August 28, 2011 August 28, 2011

Hello! Our names are Myia Welsh and Johanna Morariu and we work for Innovation Network, an evaluation consulting firm based in Washington, D.C. We work with nonprofits and foundations to build evaluation capacity, and to support learning and evaluation of nonprofit advocacy, programs, and other services. Lesson Learned: Over the years we’ve provided evaluation capacity …

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Vanora Mitchell on Evaluating Online Learning

Leave a Comment / Assessment in Higher Education, Distance Education and Other Educational Technologies / August 23, 2011 August 23, 2011

My name is Vanora Mitchell and I am a professional independent evaluator working in Washington, DC. How do we evaluate online learning? About a year ago, a school that I volunteer with asked me to help them to evaluate their new online learning initiatives. They were in the process of developing online courses and wanted …

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