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Evaluation Options for Family Resource Centers
This report examines different evaluation designs and their respective strengths and limitations. Using a realistic prototype of a child and family resource center, the authors present three alternative plans for evaluation.
$10.00 . 112 Pages.
Aiming for Accountability: Georgia
Efforts include the Policy Council for Children and Families, Family Connection and Community Partnerships, and performance measures mandated by the Budget Accountability and Planning Act of 1993.
$5.00 . 48 Pages.
Aiming for Accountability: Florida
Efforts include GAP benchmarks; performance-based program budgeting, and the Florida Department of Children and Families accountability system for planning, budgeting, and evaluation.
$5.00 . 48 Pages.
Evaluating School-Linked Services: Considerations and Best Practices
Nine evaluators of school-linked services programs identify considerations and best practices related to evaluating outcomes, sustainability, and collaboration to help determine how school-linked services programs work, what their impact is, and whether they should be expanded.
Free. Available online only.
From the Director's Desk
An introduction to the issue on Evaluation in the 21st Century by HFRP's Founder & Director, Heather B. Weiss, Ed.D.
Learning From the Annie E. Casey Foundation's Evaluation Grants Program
Heather Weiss and Karen Horsch of Harvard Family Research Project highlight the experiences from an evaluation approach that rethinks the traditional program–evaluator relationship and enables us to learn what works and what does not.
Interview With Carol H. Weiss
Evaluator, educator, and author Carol Weiss shares her thoughts about what the next century might mean for the field of evaluation, the training of evaluators, and the connection between evaluation and policymaking.
Cluster Evaluation
James Sanders of the Evaluation Institute discusses the utility of cluster evaluation as a way to examine multiple programs.
Evaluation in the 21st Century
This issue of The Evaluation Exchange, Harvard Family Research Project's quarterly evaluation periodical, investigates new themes for evaluation in the 21st century. It focuses on new voices, new methods, and new relationships. It compiles a variety of perspectives and provocative and thoughtful ideas about where evaluation is heading.
Beyond Basic Training
Betty Cooke of the Minnesota Department of Children, Families, and Learning describes Minnesota’s experiences using program staff as data collectors. Stan Schneider and Berle Mirand Driscoll from Metis Associates writes about using students as ethnographers in a study of a family resource center. Cheryl Fish-Parcham of Families USA and Theresa Shivers of United Planning Organization/Head Start write about using client families in a study of managed health care.
Following up With the Evaluation Work of Asian Neighborhood Design
Maurice Lim Miller follows up a previous article on an evaluation tool used by the Asian Neighborhood Design, which is now being used to examine welfare reform efforts in San Francisco.
Welfare, Information, and the New Federalism
Thomas Gais of the Rockefeller Institute of Government discusses the use of information technology in welfare reform.
New & Noteworthy
An annotated list of organizations and initiatives related to evaluation in the 21st century.
Electronic Mailbox
A list of useful resources on the Internet.
Aiming for Accountability: Vermont
Efforts include the State Team for Children and Families, Success by Six, and the Department of Education.
$5.00 . 40 Pages.
New & Noteworthy
An annotated list of organizations and initiatives related to performance measurement.
Electronic Mailbox
A list of useful resources on the Internet.
Performance Measurement
This issue of The Evaluation Exchange, Harvard Family Research Project's quarterly evaluation periodical, investigates performance measurement. It presents articles on results-based accountability (RBA) that are both retrospective, looking at what we have learned about accountability over the years, as well as prospective, looking to the future of RBA.
From the Director's Desk
An introduction to the issue on Performance Measurement by HFRP's Founder & Director, Heather B. Weiss, Ed.D.
Aiming for Accountability: Lessons Learned From Eight States
Diane Schilder of Harvard Family Research Project draws on case studies of eight states to provide a frank assessment of the potential and limitations of RBA systems.
Interview With Harry Hatry and Joe Wholey
Harry Hatry and Joe Wholey, who have been influential in the movement toward accountability at the federal level, discuss lessons learned and next steps for performance measurement.
Building Support for Statewide Outcomes: Lessons From Florida
Karen Stanford of the Commission on Government Accountability to the People in Florida reveals techniques to engage important stakeholders in the discussion about public outcomes.
Do You Really Want to Be Accountable for Results? Musings on Georgia’s Learnings
Janet Bitner of the Carl Vinson Institute of Government at the University of Georgia, draws on the experiences of Georgia to share some insights about engaging assistance in the development of RBA systems.
National Learning Project Evaluation
Jay Bell of James Bell Associates describes the National Learning Project Evaluation of the United Way.
Ensuring Quality in Head Start: The FACES Study
Ruth Hubbell McKey of Ellswood Associates and Louisa Tarullo of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services discuss the FACES study of Head Start.