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Demby, Hilary; Jenner, Lynne; Gregory, Alethia; Jenner, Eric – American Journal of Evaluation, 2020
Despite the increase in federal tiered evidence initiatives that require the use of rigorous evaluation designs, such as randomized experiments, there has been limited guidance in the evaluation literature on practical strategies to implement such studies successfully. This paper provides lessons learned in executing experiments in applied…
Descriptors: Randomized Controlled Trials, Evaluation, Experiments, Evaluators
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Corn, Jenifer O.; Byrom, Elizabeth; Knestis, Kirk; Matzen, Nita; Thrift, Beth – Evaluation and Program Planning, 2012
Schools, districts, and state-level educational organizations are experiencing a great shift in the way they do the business of education. This shift focuses on accountability, specifically through the expectation of the effective utilization of evaluative-focused efforts to guide and support decisions about educational program implementation. In…
Descriptors: Expertise, Evaluators, Formative Evaluation, Program Implementation
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O'Sullivan, Rita G. – Evaluation and Program Planning, 2012
Collaborative Evaluation systematically invites and engages stakeholders in program evaluation planning and implementation. Unlike "distanced" evaluation approaches, which reject stakeholder participation as evaluation team members, Collaborative Evaluation assumes that active, on-going engagement between evaluators and program staff,…
Descriptors: Evaluation Needs, Evaluators, Program Evaluation, Evaluation Methods
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Owen, John M. – Canadian Journal of Program Evaluation, 2010
This article describes an evaluation that was judged to be unsuccessful from the point of view of key program stakeholders. This was due to the fact that the evaluation did not support program advocates who had much to gain from positive evaluation findings. We argue that, although the knowledge needs of stakeholders must be taken into account,…
Descriptors: Evaluators, Program Evaluation, Integrity, Program Effectiveness
Administration for Children & Families, 2010
The Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation (OPRE), a unit within the Administration for Children and Families (ACF), is responsible for advising the Assistant Secretary for Children and Families on increasing the effectiveness and efficiency of programs to improve the economic and social well-being of children and families. In collaboration…
Descriptors: Program Administration, Program Evaluation, Educational Assessment, Planning
Gray, Wayne D. – 1984
This paper presents a framework for monitoring implementation which defines a process for implementing new programs into organizations. The process requires a team of monitors who examine the adequacy of implementation plans and look at the effect of plan execution upon the organization, individual, and new program. Immediate feedback is provided…
Descriptors: Data Interpretation, Evaluation Methods, Evaluators, Feedback
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Scheirer, Mary Ann – New Directions for Program Evaluation, 1987
Program theory and implementation process theory contribute, respectively, to specifying the what and the why of program delivery. This article discusses the relationship between these two theories and the types of data collection methods that can be derived from each in order to contribute to more comprehensive evaluation designs. (JAZ)
Descriptors: Data Collection, Evaluation Methods, Evaluators, Measurement Techniques
Corcoran, Thomas B. – Consortium for Policy Research in Education, 2008
This is the first report on the evaluation of the Inquiry Based Science and Technology Education Program (IN-STEP), an innovative and ambitious science education initiative for lower secondary schools being undertaken by a public-private partnership in Thailand funded by MSD-Thailand, an affiliate of Merck & Co. IN-STEP is a public-private…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Schools of Education, Evaluators, Science Interests
Warmbrod, Catharine P., Comp.; Persavich, Jon J., Comp. – 1981
Designed for use by institutions at the postsecondary level, this program evaluation package contains instructions for planning and implementing an evaluation program, instruments for obtaining information from key sources, and procedures for their use. Covered in the individual chapters are the following topics: an overview of evaluation…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Advisory Committees, Annotated Bibliographies, Attitude Measures