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By: Monica Coleman

I started the new year thinking about happy endings—like several coming up this year for me. I will complete my coursework for my doctoral studies this year and soon take...

By: Hope Gilbert, Moira Ragan, Sarah Mason

When you think of robust evaluation, who comes to mind as the pioneers in the field?  Scriven, Campbell, Patton, Preskill, Weiss, Levin, Wadsworth?  But...

By: Hope Gilbert

'Leadership is working with Goals and vision; management is working with Objectives.’

-Russel Honoré

What exactly are Goals – does every program need them?
A program’s goals...

By: Sarah Mason

Good ideas don’t necessarily make good policy.

Evaluators know this—we’ve talked about the need to measure unintended side effects for years.

PlayPumps, domestic violence and...

By: Moira Ragan

"…not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted.” –  William Bruce Cameron

Assessment before improvement
Though my background is in...

By: Anna Beavers

After finishing my undergraduate studies at the University of Mississippi, I promptly packed what I could fit into four suitcases and moved to Abu Dhabi to begin working as an...

By: Shannon Sharp

Evaluators and researchers have long debated the merits of quantitative and qualitative methods, using terms like “gold standard” credibility and rigor. But what do these...

By: Olivia Melvin

An International Studies student and closed borders

In summer of 2020 things were looking rather bleak for me, an international studies & Mandarin language graduate whose...

By: Joey Rutherford

Football is back and the excitement from fans is palpable! Coaches are developing their game plans, finalizing depth charts and evaluating every aspect of their teams to have...