Government – AEA365

Stephanie Shipman on Developing an Effective Evaluation Agenda

Leave a Comment / Government Evaluation / August 24, 2011 August 24, 2011

My name is Stephanie Shipman and I am an Assistant Director with the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO). As the ‘congressional watchdog’, GAO’s mission is to support Congress in carrying out its legislative and oversight responsibilities and to help improve the performance and accountability of the federal government. I work in the Center for Evaluation …

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WMU Scribing: Robert McCowen on Evaluation and Public Policy

Leave a Comment / Evaluation Policy, Government Evaluation / January 18, 2011 January 16, 2011

My name is Robert McCowen and I am a doctoral fellow in Western Michigan University’s Interdisciplinary Ph.D. in Evaluation. I served as a session scribe at Evaluation 2010, and attended session number 651, Introduction to Evaluation and Public Policy. My evaluation interests focus on education, and a great deal of modern educational policy flows from …

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Michelle Baron on Gaining Support for Evaluations in the Military

1 Comment / Evaluation Policy, Evaluation Use, Government Evaluation, Organizational Learning and Evaluation Capacity Building, Teaching of Evaluation / November 11, 2010 September 1, 2011

Hi, my name is Michelle Baron. I am the Associate Director of The Evaluators’ Institute, an evaluation training organization, and the chair of the curating team for aea365. As a retired Army veteran, I have conducted many evaluations with a wide range of stakeholder support. I have found three techniques to facilitate a well-received evaluation: …

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GOVT Week: David Bernstein on Top 10 Indicators of Performance Measurement Quality

Leave a Comment / Government Evaluation / October 7, 2010 October 7, 2010

I am David J. Bernstein, and I am a Senior Study Director with Westat. We will be celebrating the 20th Anniversary of the Government Evaluation Topical Interest Group at the 2010 AEA Conference, so I have been reflecting on how government evaluation has changed over the last 20 years. One area that has not changed …

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GOVT Week: Maria Whitsett on Tips for Evaluation Practice

Leave a Comment / Government Evaluation / October 6, 2010 October 1, 2010

I am Maria Whitsett, a consultant with Moak, Casey and Associates. We specialize in school finance and public education accountability. I also have worked in state agencies, a local school district, and regional R & D and technical assistance centers. My “tips” are old-fashioned! Lesson Learned: Public sector evaluators need to streamline their own work …

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