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Interview With Cheryl Mitchell
Cheryl Mitchell, Deputy Secretary for Vermont's Agency of Human Service, talks about efforts to integrate education and social services in Vermont at the state and local levels.
Using Evaluation Results: The Program Staff Perspective
Alfredo Tijerina of School of the Future explains the program staff perspective of using evaluation results.
Bringing It Home: Supporting the Local Use of Data
Mary Wagner and Shari Golan of SRI International share information from their evaluation of California's Healthy Start School-Linked Services Initiative and the use of evaluation information at local sites.
Evaluating New Jersey’s School-Based Youth Services Program
Anita Baker and Constancia Warren of the Academy for Educational Development describe their evaluation of New Jersey's School-Based Youth Services Program.
Evaluation of an Extended Services School in Boston
Mary Walsh and George Madaus, Professors at the Graduate School of Education at Boston College, talk about the development of a model extended services school in Boston.
Evaluating Communications Strategies: Learning From the Communications for Child Protection Project
Richard Brandon and Andrew Gordon from the University of Washington describe how they are evaluating the effectiveness of communications strategies aimed at strengthening the linkage between public opinion and public policy.
Advancing Mixed-Method Evaluation
Jennifer Greene, Associate Professor at Cornell University, discusses a framework for planning and implementing mixed-method evaluations.
Interview With Robert K. Yin
Robert Yin, author and President of an evaluation research firm, talks about the use of case study methodologies in evaluating community-based collaborative initiatives.
Building the Capacity to Build Capacity
Juila Coffman of Harvard Family Research Project describes common qualities shared among “learning organizations,” examining them in the context of service programs.
Canadian Social Services Senior Managers Forum
Diane Schilder of Harvard Family Research Project reports on findings from the recent Social Services Senior Managers Forum, held in Alberta, Canada.
Asian Neighborhood Design: A Practice-Based Anti-Poverty Analysis
Maurice Lim Miller, Executive Director of Asian Neighborhood Design, discusses an evaluation instrument for self-sufficiency that he developed and is using in San Francisco.
Making the Transition to Automation: Observations From Six Community-Based Agencies
Susan Blank, Program Officer of the Foundation for Child Development, presents some of her observations from a recent study she conducted of MIS development and use in community-based agencies.
Methodology
This issue of The Evaluation Exchange, Harvard Family Research Project's quarterly evaluation periodical, investigates evaluation methodologies.
Achieving and Measuring Results: Lessons From HFRP's Parenting Study
Anne Brady and Julia Coffman of Harvard Family Research Project share results and lessons from HFRP's Parenting Study.
New & Noteworthy
An annotated list of organizations and initiatives related to the issue's theme of Methodology.
Electronic Mailbox
A list of useful resources on the Internet.
From the Director's Desk
An introduction to the issue on Methodology by HFRP's founder & director, Heather B. Weiss, Ed.D.
Indicators: Definition and Use in a Results-Based Accountability System
This brief defines and explores the role of indicators as an integral part of a results-based accountability system. The brief shows how indicators enable decision makers to assess progress toward the achievement of intended outputs, outcomes, goals, and objectives.
Promising Methodologies for Evaluating CBIs
Cami Anderson and Sybilla Dorros from Harvard Family Research Project describe four new approaches and innovations of established methods for evaluating CBIs with examples.
Self-Governing Communities and Families: Real-Time Change and Performance
Gary Nelson, Director of Family Forum, outlines the Real-Time Change and Performance Model, which provides a philosophy, process, and a set of tools for improving results for communities and families.
New & Noteworthy
This section features an annotated list of papers, organizations, initiatives, and other resources related to the issue's theme.
Family Resource Centers
This issue of The Evaluation Exchange, Harvard Family Research Project's quarterly evaluation periodical, explores alternative ways of evaluating family resource centers.
Evaluating Old Grove's Family Support Center
Harvard Family Research Project presents synopses of three alternative approaches to evaluating a hypothetical Robinswood Family Resource Center.
Empowerment Evaluation in Theory
David Fetterman of Stanford University and the California Institute of Integral Studies describes empowerment evaluation.
Evaluating Seattle's Family Centers
Julia Coffman at Harvard Family Research Project describes the Seattle's Five-Tiered Approach to evaluating its family centers.