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Leslie K. Grier on Evaluation Practices in Out-of-School Programs

Leave a Comment / Prek-12 Educational Evaluation / June 30, 2011 September 1, 2011

My name is Leslie K. Grier and I am an Associate Professor of Child and Adolescent Studies at California State University, Fullerton. I am interested in quality programming and evaluation practices in out-of-school time programs. My interests also include moral and character development and their relationship to academic achievement. Although the terms moral and character …

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David Roberts on Scaling Survey Responses

2 Comments / Uncategorized / June 29, 2011 June 29, 2011

My name is David Roberts and I’m an independent consultant in evaluation and market research working out of Canberra, Australia. We recently had a discussion on AEA’s LinkedIn group focusing on using scales in surveys. While I am not an expert in analyzing scales here are some things I have found useful: Rad Resource – …

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Ira Mahoud on Basic Evaluation Guides

Cheers! I am Ira Mahoud, a student, researcher, part-time evaluator, and occasional jazz musician. I have been on the lookout for basic guides to conducting evaluation – something shorter than a textbook but longer than an overview, that I could share with others who wanted to know the basics. Rad Resources: Here are five guides …

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Lisanne Brown on Involving Youth in Interviewing

Leave a Comment / Qualitative Methods, Youth Focused Evaluation / June 27, 2011 December 21, 2011

I am Lisanne Brown, Director of Evaluation and Research at the Louisiana Public Health Institute (LPHI). I lead a staff of 10 evaluators who evaluate LPHI’s programs. Increasingly we are also providing evaluation services to external organizations and programs throughout Louisiana. As part of an evaluation of a peer led HIV and AIDS prevention program …

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Bernadette Sangalang on Developing or Improving Evaluation Efforts in Nonprofit Organizations

2 Comments / Nonprofits and Foundations Evaluation / June 26, 2011 August 22, 2011

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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Susan Kistler on the OECD Better Life Index

1 Comment / Data Visualization and Reporting, International and Cross-cultural Evaluation, Quantitative Methods: Theory and Design / June 25, 2011 June 21, 2011

My name is Susan Kistler. I am the Executive Director of the American Evaluation Association and author of aea365’s Saturday posts. Today, I wanted to call to your attention the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Better Life Index (BLI). OECD launched the BLI in May, describing it as a “new, interactive index that …

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Chris Michael Kirk on Negotiating the Value of Evaluation

Leave a Comment / Evaluation Use, Prek-12 Educational Evaluation / June 24, 2011 September 2, 2011

My name is Chris Michael Kirk, and I am a Doctoral Candidate in the Community Psychology Program at Wichita State University. During my time here, I’ve had the opportunity work with Dr. Rhonda K. Lewis on the evaluation of a federally-funded youth-serving program at the University. In programs like this, the demands of program implementation …

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Nancy Lee Leland on “Q by Q”

2 Comments / Evaluation Use / June 23, 2011 June 23, 2011

Hello. My name is Nancy Lee Leland and I am Senior Research Associate and Evaluation Team Leader for the University of Minnesota’s Prevention Research Center for Healthy Youth Development. I also do independent evaluation-related consulting with private, governmental, and nonprofit organizations. I strive to engage program and other organizational staff in the evaluation process and …

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Rob Shumer on Conducting Youth Led Evaluation

1 Comment / Collaborative, Participatory and Empowerment Evaluation, Youth Focused Evaluation / June 22, 2011 December 21, 2011

What a concept: engaging youth in evaluation of youth/community programs! My name is Rob Shumer and I work at the University of Minnesota where I teach courses on participatory evaluation and youth participatory evaluation. I am a past president of the Minnesota Evaluation Association and have been involved in evaluation/service-learning for the past several decades. …

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Susan Hahn and Guy Sharrock on How to Establish a Robust Project M&E System

Leave a Comment / International and Cross-cultural Evaluation / June 21, 2011 June 27, 2011

Hello! This post is by Susan Hahn and Guy Sharrock. Susan works as a Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) consultant to Catholic Relief Services (CRS), a Baltimore-based international humanitarian assistance and development agency, with whom Guy is a Senior M&E Advisor. Evaluations are an important part of our project activities, but they must be linked with …

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