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Jessica Lauren Perez; Anaid Yerena – American Journal of Evaluation, 2024
In the United States, in 2013, 610,042 people were estimated homeless in one night. Improving the effectiveness of homeless assistance programs, particularly aligning programs' practices with their goals, is critical to serving this population. Using a theory that predicts homeless exits, this study presents an innovative, low-cost evaluation tool…
Descriptors: Homeless People, Housing Needs, Program Effectiveness, Evaluation Methods
Casey, Erin A.; Vanslyke, Jan; Beadnell, Blair; Tatiana Masters, N.; McFarland, Kirstin – American Journal of Evaluation, 2023
Principles focused evaluation (PFE) can complement existing formative and outcome evaluation plans by identifying Effectiveness Principles (EPs), an operationalization of values and standards that guide practitioners during program implementation. To date, however, few examples of PFE are available in the literature. This description of the…
Descriptors: Rape, Prevention, Sexual Abuse, Evaluation Methods
Qian-Khoo, Joanne Xiaolei; Hiruy, Kiros; Hutton, Rebecca Willow-Anne; Barraket, Jo – American Journal of Evaluation, 2022
Impact evaluation and measurement are highly complex and can pose challenges for both social impact providers and funders. Measuring the impact of social interventions requires the continuous exploration and improvement of evaluation approaches and tools. This article explores the available evidence on meta-evaluation--the "evaluation of…
Descriptors: Meta Analysis, Evaluation Methods, Measurement, Program Effectiveness
Jaciw, Andrew P.; Unlu, Fatih; Nguyen, Thanh – American Journal of Evaluation, 2022
There is a burgeoning body of evidence on the average impacts of educational programs. Yet, for many local decision makers, because impacts can vary across sites, the question of whether a certain program will work in their particular district or school remains. This article addresses the question of the generalizability of large-scale average…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Generalization, Outcome Measures, Institutional Characteristics
Ellington, Roni; Barajas, Clara B.; Drahota, Amy; Meghea, Cristian; Uphold, Heatherlun; Scott, Jamil B.; Lewis, E. Yvonne; Furr-Holden, C. Debra – American Journal of Evaluation, 2022
Over the last few decades, there has been an increase in the number of large federally funded transdisciplinary programs and initiatives. Scholars have identified a need to develop frameworks, methodologies, and tools to evaluate the effectiveness of these large collaborative initiatives, providing precise ways to understand and assess the…
Descriptors: Evaluation Research, Evaluation Problems, Evaluation Methods, Program Evaluation
Chauveron, Lisa M.; Samtani, Satabdi; Groner, Megan G.; Urban, Jennifer Brown; Linver, Miriam R. – American Journal of Evaluation, 2021
Although experts agree that diverse stakeholder inclusion enhances quality and equity in evaluation designs and implementation, diverse voices are often omitted. Particularly antithetical to principles of youth character development, evaluations for these programs should strive to include voices from various social, economic, community, and…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Youth Programs, Values Education, Stakeholders
Suzanne Nobrega; Kasper Edwards; Mazen El Ghaziri; Lauren Giacobbe; Serena Rice; Laura Punnett – American Journal of Evaluation, 2024
Program evaluations that lack experimental design often fail to produce evidence of impact because there is no available control group. Theory-based evaluations can generate evidence of a program's causal effects if evaluators collect evidence along the theorized causal chain and identify possible competing causes. However, few methods are…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Gender Differences, Intervention, Program Evaluation
de Alteriis, Martin – American Journal of Evaluation, 2020
This article examines factors that could have influenced whether evaluations of U.S. government--funded foreign assistance programs completed in 2015 had considered unintended consequences. Logit regression models indicate that the odds of considering unintended consequences were increased when all or most of seven standard data collection methods…
Descriptors: Federal Programs, International Programs, Program Evaluation, Influences
Sara E. North – American Journal of Evaluation, 2024
A method called multi-attribute utility analysis (MAUA) provides a decision-making framework that facilitates comparative analysis of multiple real-world decision alternatives with unique complex attributes. Utility analysis as a measure of effectiveness has been minimally used by educational researchers to date, despite clear relevance in complex…
Descriptors: Urban Universities, Suburban Schools, Nontraditional Students, Higher Education
Moulton, Shawn R.; Peck, Laura R.; Greeney, Adam – American Journal of Evaluation, 2018
In experimental evaluations of health and social programs, the role of dosage is rarely explored because researchers cannot usually randomize individuals to experience varying dosage levels. Instead, such evaluations reveal the average effects of exposure to an intervention, although program exposure may vary widely. This article compares three…
Descriptors: Marriage, Intervention, Prediction, Program Effectiveness
Paz-Ybarnegaray, Rodrigo; Douthwaite, Boru – American Journal of Evaluation, 2017
This article describes the development and use of a rapid evaluation approach to meet program accountability and learning requirements in a research for development program operating in five developing countries. The method identifies clusters of outcomes, both expected and unexpected, happening within areas of change. In a workshop, change agents…
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Program Evaluation, Accountability, Developing Nations
Solmeyer, Anna R.; Constance, Nicole – American Journal of Evaluation, 2015
Traditionally, evaluation has primarily tried to answer the question "Does a program, service, or policy work?" Recently, more attention is given to questions about variation in program effects and the mechanisms through which program effects occur. Addressing these kinds of questions requires moving beyond assessing average program…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Program Evaluation, Program Content, Measurement Techniques
Liket, Kellie C.; Rey-Garcia, Marta; Maas, Karen E. H. – American Journal of Evaluation, 2014
Nonprofit organizations are under great pressure to use evaluations to show that their programs "work" and that they are "effective." However, empirical evidence indicates that nonprofits struggle to perform useful evaluations, especially when conducted under accountability pressures. An increasing body of evidence highlights…
Descriptors: Nonprofit Organizations, Program Evaluation, Evaluation Utilization, Evaluation Methods
Durand, Roger; Decker, Phillip J.; Kirkman, Dorothy M. – American Journal of Evaluation, 2014
Despite our best efforts as evaluators, program implementation failures abound. A wide variety of valuable methodologies have been adopted to explain and evaluate the "why" of these failures. Yet, typically these methodologies have been employed concurrently (e.g., project monitoring) or to the post-hoc assessment of program activities.…
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Program Implementation, Failure, Program Effectiveness
Marek, Lydia I.; Brock, Donna-Jean P.; Savla, Jyoti – American Journal of Evaluation, 2015
Although collaboration is recognized as an effective means to address multifaceted community issues, successful collaboration is difficult to achieve and failure is prevalent. To effectively collaborate, collaborators must recognize the strengths and weaknesses within their own efforts. Using Mattessich and colleagues' work as a springboard, a…
Descriptors: Cooperative Programs, Cooperation, Teamwork, Group Dynamics