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Quick Reference Guides Evaluators Can’t Live Without by Kelly Robertson

My name is Kelly Robertson, and I work at The Evaluation Center at Western Michigan University and EvaluATE, the National Science Foundation–funded evaluation hub for Advanced Technological Education. I’m a huge fan of quick reference guides. Quick reference guides are brief summaries of important content that can be used to improve practice in real time. …

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Introducing the Checklist of Key Considerations for Development of Program Logic Models by Goldie MacDonald

Hello from Atlanta, Georgia! I’m Goldie MacDonald, and I am the Associate Director for Evaluation in the Center for Surveillance, Epidemiology, and Laboratory Services at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Rad Resource: I’m excited to share the Checklist of Key Considerations for Development of Program Logic Models with this community. With support …

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Introducing the Checklist of Program Evaluation Report Content by Kelly Robertson and Lori Wingate

We are Kelly Robertson and Lori Wingate, and we work at The Evaluation Center at Western Michigan University and EvaluATE, the National Science Foundation-funded evaluation resource center for Advanced Technological Education (ATE). Rad Resource: We’re excited to announce our new rad resource, the “Checklist of Program Evaluation Report Content.” We created this checklist to address …

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MIE TIG Week: Ray Kennard Haynes on the Use of Domestic Diversity Evaluation Checklists in Higher Education

My name is Ray Kennard Haynes and I am an Assistant Professor at Indiana University- Bloomington and I have a keen interest domestic racial Diversity in Higher Education (HE).   Since the 1970s the United States (U.S.) has attempted to address Diversity by focusing primarily on race and gender through Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) legislation. This …

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CP TIG Week: Theresa Armstead on Representing Values in Evaluation Practice: A Balancing Act

I am Theresa Armstead, a behavioral scientist at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control. I am a co-chair for the Community Psychology Topical Interest Group.   This week’s theme is Pursuing Meaning, Justice, and Well-Being in 21st Century Evaluation Practice. The theme is a blend of …

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DOVP Week: Pat Campbell on Diversity, Evaluation, and Better Data

I’m Pat Campbell, president of Campbell-Kibler Associates, Inc.  Under NSF funding, Eric Jolly, president of the Science Museum of  Minnesota and I, with the help of a lot of friends, have been generating research-based tips, such as those below, to improve the accuracy of data collection, the quality of the analysis and the appropriateness of …

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Susan Kistler on Evaluation Contract Resources

I’m Susan Kistler, the American Evaluation Association’s Executive Director. Today, I thought I’d write about a few resources available if you are developing evaluation contracts. Rad Resource: James Bell offered a session at Evaluation 2010 on Contracting for Evaluation Products and Services. He offered advice in five areas: creating a feasible, agreed-upon concept plan; developing …

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Sudharshan Seshadri on Resources for Program Evaluation

Hello! My name is Sudharshan Seshadri and I am currently pursuing my Masters degree in Professional Studies specializing in Humanitarian Services Administration. I started to realize that “data” is being considered as a most promising feature to understand the activity of evaluation. To abstract the data needs, I believe as an evaluator, we should be …

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