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Learning for All: The Value of Field Experience in Training a New Generation of Program Evaluators

Field experience in evaluation inquiry is a promising approach to preparing the next generation of evaluators. Learn what one group of student consultants and organizations did to make a field experience in evaluative inquiry a positive one.

Carolina Buitrago with Sunindiya Bhalla, Nomi Davidson, Sarah Davila, Anairis Hinojosa, Babe Liberman, and Katie Tosh (December 3, 2015) Research Report

Framing Program Evaluation: Why We Should Tinker With Theories of Change and Logic Models

While evaluation needs may vary, all organizations can benefit from utilizing theory-based evaluation tools to frame evaluation efforts. This article explores how three organizations developed their program’s theory of change and logic model.

Carolina Buitrago (November 19, 2015) Research Report

Putting an Equity Lens on Family Engagement in Oregon

Creating high-quality early childhood systems necessitates a strong focus on family engagement. Check out how Oregon is adopting an equity lens and building a strong foundation to engage families by leveraging federal funds, community leadership, and philanthropic investments.

Anairis Hinojosa and M. Elena Lopez (October 29, 2015) Research Report

A Strong Start for Family Engagement in Massachusetts

Through its Race to the Top–Early Learning Challenge funds, Massachusetts has created strategic partnerships with museums and libraries, public television, family and community programs, community nonprofits, and public transportation to build a robust and growing statewide family engagement system.

Nathan Driskell (December 11, 2014) Research Report

Afterschool Evaluation 101: How to Evaluate an Expanded Learning Program

Afterschool Evaluation 101 is a how-to guide for conducting an evaluation. It is designed to help out-of-school time (OST) program directors who have little or no evaluation experience develop an evaluation strategy. The guide will walk you through the early planning stages, help you select the evaluation design and data collection methods that are best suited to your program, and help you analyze the data and present the results.

Erin Harris (December 12, 2011) Research Report

Webinar Archive—OST Data and Evaluation: Collecting and Sharing Data to Support Communities

This presentation examines the “essential data” that OST providers and intermediaries should consider collecting for an evaluation, and the important role families can play throughout the process.

Sarah Deschenes , Erin Harris, Evelyn Brosi (October 24, 2011) Conferences and Presentations

Current Issue - Scaling Impact

This issue of The Evaluation Exchange explores the promising practices and challenges associated with taking an enterprise to scale, along with the role that evaluation can and should play in that process. It is the second in our “hard-to-measure” series, which we inaugurated with our Spring 2007 issue on evaluating advocacy.

Evaluation Exchange Issue

Applying a Broader Concept of Scale to Evaluate a Funding Strategy

Erin Harris and Priscilla Little discuss how Harvard Family Research Project used a multidimensional concept of scale to evaluate The Atlantic Philanthropies’ Integrated Learning Cluster strategy.

Erin Harris , Priscilla Little (Spring 2010) Evaluation Exchange Article

Early Evaluation to Inform Expansion of a Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program

Roblyn Anderson Brigham and Jennifer Nahas discuss the implications of Brigham Nahas Research Associates’ evaluation of the Children’s Aid Society/Carrera Integrated School Model for expansion of the model to new school settings.

Roblyn Anderson Brigham , Jennifer Nahas (Spring 2010) Evaluation Exchange Article

The RALLY Program: Scaling an Inclusive Approach to Intervention and Prevention

Helen Janc Malone of HFRP describes an afterschool program’s strategy for scaling its services and the role of evaluation in the scaling process.

Helen Janc Malone (Spring 2010) Evaluation Exchange Article

Save the Children’s Literacy Programs in Rural America: Evaluation That Informs Scale-Up

Elizabeth Reisner of Policy Studies Associates discusses how the learning gains of STC’s children’s literacy program relate to the program’s scaling process: evidence of participant learning influenced the growth and further development of the program positively and powerfully.

Elizabeth Reisner (Spring 2010) Evaluation Exchange Article

Building Complementary Learning: School and 4-H Linkages

Tena St. Pierre and Claudia Mincemoyer from the Pennsylvania State University's Cooperative Extension Service1 describe lessons learned from implementation and evaluation of a complementary learning pilot program.

Tena St. Pierre , Claudia Mincemoyer (Fall 2006) Evaluation Exchange Article

Beyond School Hours VIII Annual Conference

Priscilla Little presented the workshop Learning What Works: An Evaluation Overview, providing an overview of what we know about after school evaluation. It examines how programs are collecting meaningful data for accountability and program improvement and what they are finding.

Priscilla M. D. Little (February 16, 2005) Conferences and Presentations

Learning From Organizations That Learn

Four experts in the out-of-school time field discuss their experiences using evaluation for program improvement.

Priscilla M. D. Little (Spring 2004) Evaluation Exchange Article

Extracting Evaluation Lessons From Four Recent Out-of-School Time Program Evaluations

Thomas J. Kane from the University of California, Los Angeles, distills lessons for future research from his review of four recent after school program evaluations.

Thomas J. Kane (Spring 2004) Evaluation Exchange Article

Program Evaluation Across the Nation Using Technology

Sarah Levin Martin, currently with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, describes an innovative, cost-effective way to collect and report evaluation data for program quality improvement.

Sarah Levin Martin, Ph.D. (Spring 2004) Evaluation Exchange Article

How can research and evaluation improve practice regarding access and equity in out-of-school time programs?

Five experts in the field of youth development and OST programming address the question of how research and evaluation can improve practice regarding access and equity in out-of-school time programs.

Priscilla Little , Hayley Yaffe (Spring 2003) Evaluation Exchange Article

Improving Bradenton’s After School Programs Through Utilization-Focused Evaluation

Katherine Loflin of the Knight Foundation describes the utilization-focused evaluation efforts in one of Knight’s communities.

Katherine Loflin (Spring 2003) Evaluation Exchange Article

The Evaluation Exchange Special Report on the 21st Century Community Learning Centers Program National Evaluation

This special report offers expert commentary on the implication of When School Stay Open Late: The National Evaluation of the 21st Century Community Learning Centers Program, First Year Findings for future evaluation and research.

Priscilla Little (Spring 2003) Evaluation Exchange Article

Learning From Evaluation: Lessons From After School Evaluation in Texas

Dr. Peter A. Witt, the Elda K. Bradberry Recreation and Youth Development Chair at Texas A&M University, reflects on seven years of evaluating city after school programs in Texas.

Dr. Peter A. Witt (Spring 2003) Evaluation Exchange Article

NSACA Accreditation: Building Capacity for Continuous Improvement in After School Programs

Mark Carter, Executive Director of the National School-Age Care Alliance (NSACA), describes how the NSACA accreditation process helps after school programs build evaluation capacity.

Mark Carter (Spring 2003) Evaluation Exchange Article

Evaluating Citizen Schools

Charlie Schlegel of Citizen Schools explains how their evaluation strategy successfully balances the need to determine program impact with the need for continuous improvement.

Charlie Schlegel (Fall 2002) Evaluation Exchange Article

Youth Involvement in Evaluation & Research

This brief draws on information collected from focus group interviews with representatives of 14 programs that are involving youth in their evaluation and research efforts. It examines the elements of successful youth involved research projects and offers short profiles of the 14 organizations included in the study.

Karen Horsch , Priscilla M. D. Little, Jennifer Chase Smith, Leslie Goodyear, Erin Harris (February 2002) Research Report

Strengthening Local Evaluation Capacity in Rural Communities

Using a participatory/empowerment evaluation approach with Save the Children, Linda Morrell and Kenneth Terao from the Aguirre Group offer reflections and lessons learned from their experience.

Linda C. Morrell , Kenneth L. Terrao (Fall 2000) Evaluation Exchange Article

Youth Empowerment Evaluation

Kristen Zimmerman and Nancy Erbstein, Co-Directors of Community LORE, reveal how their organization promotes and supports youth participation in research, evaluation, and planning.

Kristen Zimmerman , Nancy Erbstein (1999) Evaluation Exchange Article

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