Hi, my name is Aaron Kates, I am a recent graduate of the Interdisciplinary PhD in Evaluation Program at Western Michigan University. I live in South Bend, Indiana and work as a consultant with EffectX, an independent evaluation firm. Today I will be sharing a few resources I found about a topic I learned about …
Hi Everyone! Dylan Felt (she/her) here from the Evaluation, Data Integration, and Technical Assistance (EDIT) Research Program at Northwestern University. Today, I’m excited to be sharing a little bit about Critical Theory and why it matters so much in evaluation theory and practice. If evaluation theory is “who we are” (Shadish, 1998), then Critical Theory …
Hello! My name is Marshall Young, I am a first-year doctoral student at the University of Tennessee Knoxville in the Educational Leadership and Policy Studies Department pursuing a degree in Evaluation, Statistics, and Methodology. One area I am interested in is evaluation theory and how it relates with practice. Although I am relatively new to …
Dear friends, Our names are John LaVelle (UMN) and Jennifer Billman (HACC). We are the co-chairs of the Theories of Evaluation TIG, and it is our pleasure to introduce this week of AEA365 posts on evaluation theory. First, we acknowledge that theory, and what we mean by theory, can be confusing as “theory” can mean …
This post was original released on AEA365 in 2021, and was so popular the first time around, it is being reshared from the archives at the request of the Youth Focused Evaluation TIG. Greetings. We’re Susan Igras (Senior Technical Advisor at Georgetown University’s Institute for Reproductive Health and occasional Consultant) and Ousséni Kinda (Monitoring and Evaluation …
This post was original released on AEA365 in 2020, and was so popular the first time around, it is being reshared from the archives at the request of the Youth Focused Evaluation TIG. We are Christine Crumbacher, PhD, Evaluation Specialist at Greenville County Schools in South Carolina, and Michael Sikes, PhD, independent Program Evaluator. Each …
YFE TIG Week: Interviewing Minors in Schools by Christine Crumbacher and Michael Sikes Read More »
Deborah Wasserman, Kit Klein, Carey Tisdal, and Priya Mohabir are Co-PIs on Roads Taken: A Retrospective Study of Program Strategies and Long-term Impacts of Intensive, Multi-year, STEM Youth Programs (NSF AISL #1906396). Deborah is a senior researcher with COSI Center for Research and Evaluation in Columbus, OH; Kit and Carey both independent contractors have been …
I am Dr. Rebekah Davis, a research associate at the Friday Institute (FI) for Educational Innovation. I was a teacher in public schools in North Carolina for almost twenty years before becoming a full-time member of the Program Evaluation and Education Research (PEER) group at the FI in 2021. I love that I have been …
YFE TIG Week: Lessons from Youth Focused Evaluation at a Distance by Rebekah Davis Read More »
Hi Everyone! I am Cassandra Backman, the Eval4Action representative for the Eval4Action North America Hub and a EvalYouth North America Board Member. The Eval4Action North America Hub in collaboration with EvalYouth North America has been working to engage those in evaluation roles to involve youth and young emerging evaluators in their work. We strive to …
YFE TIG Week: Engaging with Youth and Young Emerging Evaluators by Cassandra Backman Read More »
We are Jenna Sethi, Ph.D., and Clare Eisenberg, M.Ed. of Informed Change. Informed Change is a consulting firm that helps youth-serving organizations tell their story of impact and use data for innovation. In our work, we use creative and participatory evaluation strategies that center youth voice. Hot Tips Our approach to qualitative research involves learning …
