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Johnson, Kelli; Weiss, Iris R. – New Directions for Evaluation, 2011
In 1995, the National Science Foundation (NSF) contracted with principal investigator Iris Weiss and an evaluation team at Horizon Research, Inc. (HRI) to conduct a national evaluation of the Local Systemic Change for Teacher Enhancement program (LSC). HRI conducted the core evaluation under a $6.25 million contract with NSF. This program…
Descriptors: Evaluators, Program Evaluation, Evaluation Methods, Educational Research
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Behrens, Teresa R.; Kelly, Thomas – New Directions for Evaluation, 2008
An overview is presented of forces that have shaped how public and private funders approach evaluation, including the challenges that funders, and particularly foundations, face in effectively using evaluation within an organizational learning framework. Even with internal organizational challenges to learning, foundations are increasingly…
Descriptors: Knowledge Management, Program Evaluation, Measurement, Philanthropic Foundations