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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.
Reaching Results in Different Ways
Diane Schilder of Harvard Family Research Project identifies key issues in the successful design of RBA systems.
HFRP's Research Results: Teacher Preparation in Family Involvement
Karen Horsch of Harvard Family Research Project lists recommendations for teacher development from an HFRP study.
New & Noteworthy
An annotated list of organizations and initiatives related to the issue's theme of School-Linked Services.
Electronic Mailbox
A list of useful resources on the Internet.
Overview of Results-Based Accountability: Components of RBA
This brief defines results-based accountability (RBA) as a management tool that can facilitate collaboration among human service agencies, as a method of decentralizing services, and as an innovative regulatory process and explores the components of RBA systems. The brief also shows how RBA can be developed and used at different levels: state, community, agency, or program.
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Strategic Planning Process: Steps in Developing Strategic Plans
This brief provides an overview of the strategic planning process, an essential first step in the development of a results-based accountability system.
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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.
Methodology
This issue of The Evaluation Exchange, Harvard Family Research Project's quarterly evaluation periodical, investigates evaluation methodologies.
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.
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.
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.
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Community-Based Initiatives
This issue provides a broad overview of the status of evaluations of community-based initiatives (CBI) and begins an ongoing dialogue among practitioners, evaluators, and funders about how to address the challenges involved in evaluating them.
From the Director's Desk
An introduction to the issue on Community-Based Initiatives by HFRP's Founder & Director, Heather B. Weiss, Ed.D.
Parenting Programs and Poverty: What's Our Evidence?
Anne Brady and Julia Coffman of Harvard Family Research Project summarize the long-term evidence about two-generational interventions aimed at improving child development, parenting, and family economics.
Evaluating Community-Based Initiatives
M. Elena Lopez and Cami Anderson of Harvard Family Research Project conduct a focus group of Executive Directors of five complex CBIs to learn about the evaluation and self-assessment efforts.
Interview With Dr. Gary Orfield
Dr. Gary Orfield, Professor of Education and Social Policy at Harvard University, shares his research on poverty to situate CBIs in the context of the larger social and economic factors that may affect their success.
Evaluation Strategies of Selected Community-Based Initiatives
Harvard Family Research Project provides a chart of 20 major ongoing evaluations of CBIs.