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Evaluating Monitoring Systems in the European Social Fund Context: A Sociotechnical Approach
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Iannacci, Federico; Cornford, Tony; Cordella, Antonio; Grillo, Francesco – Evaluation Review, 2009
In contrast to the prevailing image of monitoring systems as technical systems, it is proposed that they should rather be conceived of as social endeavors at exchanging information. Drawing on the monitoring and evaluation framework of Cornford, Doukidis, and Forster, the concept of information agreement is suggested as a way of assessing the…
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Foreign Countries, Information Policy, Information Systems
The Results Framework--An Innovative Tool for Program Planning and Evaluation.
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Toffolon-Weiss, Melissa M.; Bertrand, Jane T.; Terrell, Stanley S. – Evaluation Review, 1999
Presents a case study of the development and implementation of the "results framework," an innovative planning and evaluation tool that is becoming a standard for U.S. Agency for International Development projects. Explains the advantages of this evaluation and monitoring approach. (SLD)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Innovation, Planning, Program Development
Before You Open the Doors: Ten Lessons from Florida's Faith and Community-Based Delinquency Treatment Initiative
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Lane, Jodi; Lanza-Kaduce, Lonn – Evaluation Review, 2007
In 2003, the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) provided Florida's Department of Juvenile Justice (DJJ) with a $3.5 million grant to design and implement a faith- and community-based program for incarcerated juveniles. Florida's experience developing a completely new program has provided valuable lessons regarding…
Descriptors: Juvenile Justice, Delinquency Prevention, Pilot Projects, Background
Integrating Research, Policy, and Practice in Juvenile Justice Education.
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Blomberg, Thomas G.; Waldo, Gordon P. – Evaluation Review, 2002
Provides an overview and a context leading to Florida's efforts to implement an evaluation-driven research and associated quality assurance system for its juvenile justice education policies and practices. The Juvenile Justice Educational Enhancement Program described began implementing Florida's evaluation research and quality assurance system in…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Correctional Education, Educational Policy, Educational Practices
Data Integration in the Evaluation of Juvenile Justice Education.
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Winokur, Kristin Parsons; Li, Spencer; McEntire, Ranee – Evaluation Review, 2002
Discusses the evaluation of juvenile justice education through Florida's Juvenile Justice Educational Enhancement Program as it involves the integration of multiple data sources. Examines the methodological, political, and bureaucratic obstacles encountered in the development of this evaluation system. (SLD)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Correctional Education, Educational Policy, Educational Practices
Centralization and Experimentation in the Implementation of a National Monitoring and Evaluation System: The Experience of Malawi.
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Useem, Michael; Chipande, Graham – Evaluation Review, 1991
To identify general principles of implementing a system of evaluation, the experience of Malawi in building a national system for agriculture is described. Applying principles of both centralization and decentralization and principles of trial and error has helped translate theories of evaluation into practice in Malawi. (SLD)
Descriptors: Agriculture, Centralization, Decentralization, Developing Nations