Note: The file includes final slides from Kathy Newcomer and Nick Hart's Expert Lecture at Eval18 in Cleveland, OH. The session is intended to discuss the environment for the use of data and findings produced through all sorts of evaluative practices in government. The current expectations...
Newcomer and Hart 2018 -- expert lecture at Eval18.pdf
Session presented at Evaluation 2015 Evaluation policy is an important matter facing the field of evaluation today (Trochim, 2009). It encompasses all other aspects of evaluation practice--topics of debate among practitioners and scholars including methods, stakeholders, use, dissemination, etc...
Eval Policy AEA.pptx
Draft paper presented on Nov. 12, 2015 at Evaluation 2015 Abstract: Calls for "evidenceโbased policy" and for assessing how well government programs work have been around for many years. The George W. Bush and Barack Obama Administrations both espoused support for the generation and use of...
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To achieve key national security objectives, the U.S. government and the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) must communicate effectively and credibly with a broad range of foreign audiences. DoD spends more than $250 million per year on inform, influence, and persuade (IIP) efforts, but how...
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The world's second largest economy, China, is also home to the second most number of billionaires. Only the U.S. has more. China's miraculous growth in wealth in recent decades has not only lifted millions out of poverty, but it has also led to the growth of the ultra-wealthy and consequently,...
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This presentation showcased the way a state funding organization worked with an evaluation team to identify effective strategies to strengthen families and communities. First Things First Arizona funds strategiesโnot just programsโto advance community-wide change that supports positive...
Stratey Eval - H+Co AEA 2013.pdf
Random Control Trial (RCTs) evaluation designs in which potential participants are randomly selected to receive a program or become part of a control group that does not receive the program are an effective method of determining program impact, when used appropriately. A well designed RCT...
Bernstein AEA Some Not So Random Thoughts About Random Control Trials 10-13-13.pptx
Oxfam Great Britain has a global portfolio comprised of over 250 programmes and 1,200 associated projects that operate in 55 countries across diverse thematic aims. Despite the challenges posed by the scale, breadth, and complexity of this work, we are strongly committed to being accountable and...
AEA_Oxfam_Organisational_Effectiveness_final.pdf
Is evaluation used in the public sector? Realization of vision-and-values-driven social innovation (Patton, 2010) typifies the ideal of the public sector - the democratic governments of today. Public sector work in the 21st Century means adaptation and innovation as the norm in providing...
AEA 2013 Oct 18 Panel Session 442 The role of evaluators in infusing evaluative thinking .pdf
Evaluation of a K-12 school district 100% tobacco-free policy initiative with link to scoring rubric. #MixedMethodsEvaluation #EvaluationPolicy #tobaccopolicy #HealthEvaluation #Prek-12EducationalEvaluation #2013Conference #Alcohol,DrugAbuse,andMentalHealth
Framing Designing and Conducting Health Policy Evaluation_Capesius_AEA Oct162013_TCapesius.pdf