Hello again from the MBA, doctor and two nurses at UMass Medical School’s Center for Health Policy and Research – Office of Health Care Innovation and Quality to talk about “5 Whys” as an evaluation tool. We have all encountered problems that refuse to go away. We think we’ve “fixed” it and it comes back …
Hi, I’m Pat Christian and founder of Caleb Missionary Relief Services, an international nonprofit that evolved from evaluating children needs with vulnerabilities in Haiti. My organization has implemented interventions to improve their quality of education and has made a difference with thousands of Haitian students. I’ve conducted project level evaluations with input from stakeholders for …
Hi, we are Pei-Pei Lei and Carla Hillerns from the Office of Survey Research at the University of Massachusetts Medical School’s Center of Healthcare Policy and Research. The other day, we asked each other what one analysis tool is most vital to our quantitative survey work. We agreed on the answer – a banner table. …
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I’m Ingrid Guerra-Lopez, Professor at Wayne State University and CEO of the Institute for Needs Assessment & Evaluation, and I want to help you through the transition from problem identification to solution design. Needs assessment give us an excellent process to identify the critical gaps in results (what), analyze contributing root causes or factors (why), …
I’m Hsin-Ling (Sonya) Hung, Program Co-chair for the Needs Assessment (NA) TIG. Because of my involvement in the TIG, I have reviewed annual conference proposals since 2008. Over the years I found that some proposals only had a title associated with needs or needs assessment, but these are were not needs assessments. Since needs assessments …
We’re Lycia Lima, Executive Coordinator, Aline D’Angelo and Dalila Figueiredo, Project Managers and Lucas Finamor, Researcher of FGV/CLEAR for Brazil and Lusophone Africa. The Center for Learning on Evaluation and Results for Brazil and Lusophone Africa (FGV/CLEAR) is based at Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV), a Brazilian think tank and higher education institution, dedicated to promoting …
Hello! I’m Sheila B Robinson, aea35’s Lead Curator with some additional tributes to evaluation pioneers and their enduring contributions to our field. Bob Stake on Remembering Tom Hastings It is I, Bob Stake, wishing to pay honor to my mentor, Tom Hastings, one of the pioneers of the evaluation profession. In the late 40s, Tom was …
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I am Svetlana Negroustoueva, chair of the Feminist TIG and an expert in gender-responsive M&E of international development projects across sectors. I believe that M&E is an underutilized vehicle to enrich knowledge on gender and vulnerability issues. Gender-responsive M&E processes are important for ensuring that targets are met and outcomes and impacts can be assessed …
Greetings AEA365 community. My name is Paul St. Roseman, and I am the owner/principal investigator with DataUse Consulting Group. The intersection of evaluation and professional development has been an interest of mine throughout my 20-year career as an educator and evaluation researcher. Within my practice, I have observed how participation in evaluations impact how people: …
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Hi! We are Laurene Christensen and Vitaliy Shyyan from the National Center on Educational Outcomes. NCEO is a federally-funded technical assistance center that works primarily with state departments of education to help improve outcomes for students with disabilities, English learners, and English learners with disabilities. Our work often involves a national reach, including gathering information …
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