This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at evalacademy.com. A blank page can intimidate any writer. The same goes for evaluators – that “evaluation questions” column in your evaluation plan may be daunting. Looking at examples of real-world evaluation questions just might inspire your own. We’ve already covered how to write good […]
How We Evaluated: A Virtual Health Initiative
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at evalacademy.com. Understanding what you need to know. Designing your approach to finding the answers. Easy enough in theory, but real-world examples can show you have to apply theory to practice. That’s why we’re sharing this series on how we evaluated. In this post, I describe how Three Hive […]
Social Network Analysis and Evaluation: Learnings From the Evaluator and the Client
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at evalacademy.com. This past year, our team at Three Hive Consulting worked with a community development initiative to evaluate their activities. A key function of the initiative was to serve as a connector and integrator, bringing together different individuals, groups, and organizations who were […]
How We Evaluated: A Collaborative of Non-Profits Serving Immigrant and Refugee Youth
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at evalacademy.com. Defining evaluation purpose. Writing evaluation questions. Deploying data collection tools. These topics can all seem abstract on their own. To put the pieces in context, we’re offering this series on how we evaluated to show you what real-world evaluation looks like in […]
My Interviewee is Drinking Vodka: An Evaluation Ethics Case
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at evalacademy.com. On a summer morning, after several attempts to interview clients for an evaluation project, I arrived with a social worker at an overnight shelter. Finally, we had located Jules, who wanted to share her experiences with the program I was learning about. When we approached her […]
Launching Now: Evaluation Coaching
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at evalacademy.com. Sometimes online resources just aren’t enough. Some questions call for discussion, for a second opinion – a coach. That’s why Eval Academy is launching its new evaluation coaching service. Check it out What is it? An evaluation coach works with you on […]
Applying the JCSEE Program Evaluation Standards to Real World Practice
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at evalacademy.com. To skip right to the free guide, check out our New Products page. Many evaluators will already be familiar with the Program Evaluation Standards developed by the Joint Committee on Standards for Educational Evaluation (JCSEE). For those newer to the field, take […]
How to Write Good Evaluation Questions
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at evalacademy.com. Evaluators ask questions. All the time. We ask questions in focus groups, we write questions in surveys, we pose questions to our datasets. But the questions that really drive our work are evaluation questions. What are evaluation questions? Evaluation questions focus data […]
How to “Quantify” Qualitative Data
This is an Eval Central archive copy, find the original at evalacademy.com. Let’s be clear: sums and frequencies are not the desired product of qualitative questions. In qualitative approaches, we want to describe, to present details and nuances and interesting outliers. But as evaluators, we need to do more than just report what is—we […]