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Wingate, Lori A.; Robertson, Kelly; FitzGerald, Michael; Rucks, Lana; Tsuzaki, Takara; Clasen, Carla; Schwob, Jeremy – American Journal of Evaluation, 2022
In this study, we investigated the impact of the evaluation capacity building (ECB) efforts of an organization by examining the evaluation plans included in funding proposals over a 14-year period. Specifically, we sought to determine the degree to which and how evaluation plans in proposals to one National Science Foundation (NSF) program changed…
Descriptors: Measurement Techniques, Evaluation Methods, Capacity Building, Program Evaluation
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Kelly, Melissa A.; Kaczynski, Dan – American Journal of Evaluation, 2008
The authors present an approach for educating future evaluators by connecting evaluation theory and practice, organizational development, and grant making through experiential learning. They position this discussion on the conceptual framework of a newly developed graduate-level evaluation course, Advanced Program Development and Evaluation, which…
Descriptors: Evaluators, Experiential Learning, Program Development, Organizational Development
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Ray, Marilyn – American Journal of Evaluation, 2006
This scenario discusses a situation in which a proposal has been published by a consortium of foundations for an "external" evaluator to evaluate a replication at two new sites of a program they have been funding for many years. A proposal is received from Dr. Porto-Novo, who has been the external evaluator of the initial program for about 10…
Descriptors: Evaluators, Program Proposals, Program Evaluation, Contracts