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Tailoring Evaluations |
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Topics |
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Who
does evaluations? |
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Who is
your audience? |
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Working with clients |
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What
is tailored? |
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Formative vs. summative evaluations |
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Scientific vs. practical considerations |
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Managing evaluation projects |
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Readings & Handouts |
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Rossi,
et al. Chapters 2 & 3 |
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Wholey,
et al. Chapters 20, 23 |
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Lecture
Notes |
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Download as a PDF file (Added at a future date) |
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Web
Resources |
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Professional Societies for Evaluators |
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| Organizations and Think Tanks Involved in Evaluation
Research |
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Mathematical Policy Research, Inc. |
| Rand Corporation |
| Urban Institute |
| Brookings Institution |
| American Enterprise Institute |
| Heritage
Foundation |
| Hudson
Institute |
| Hoover
Institution |
| CATO Institute |
| ABT
Associates |
| MDRC
(nonprofit education and social policy research organization) |
| Pew Charitable Trusts |
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United Way of America, Outcome Measurement
Resource Network |
| U.S. Government Accounting Office |
| U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services, Agency for Healthcare
Research and Quality |
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DOE, Energy, Efficiency, and Renewable Energy, Program Evaluation |
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DOJ,
Bureau of Justice Assistance, Center for Program Evaluation |
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Center for Disease
Control, Evaluation Working Group |
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| Evaluation Journals |
| American Journal of Evaluation |
| New Directions for Program Evaluation |
| Evaluation Review (formerly Evaluation
Quarterly) |
| Evaluation Studies Review Annual |
| Evaluation Practice, Evaluation, and Program
Planning |
| Journal of Public Policy Analysis and
Management |
| Evaluation in Education |
| Evaluation and Human Services |
| Evaluation and the Health Professions |
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| General Sources for Evaluation Studies |
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