- Making evaluation meaningful to all education stakeholders --
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A checklist of perspectives to consider when identifying stakeholders, composing the evaluation report and distributing the report.
- Planning a Program Evaluation Worksheet -- University of Wisconson Cooperative Extension
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A really good outline/checklist to use for a CDC Framework evaluation
- Designing a Performance Hearing -- Results Accountability Implementation Guide
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A format for presenting performance accountability results. Although it is intended to be used to provide structure to a panel discussion, it could also be used with partners in designing an action plan.
- Community Diabetes Knowledge and Practice Survey -- Texas DPCP
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A telephone questionnaire on health and day-to-day living habits.
- Community-Campus Partnerships for Health Methods and Strategies for Community Partner Assessment (end-of-program survey and focus group interviews) --
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Introductions to and instruments for an End-of-program survey of service learning program partners and a focus group discussion guide for community partners
- Evaluation Guide Tier 2 Worksheets -- University of AZ Institute for Children, Youth and Families
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Three process evaluation worksheets for collecting program delivery from the perspectives of participants, program activities and program delivery.
- Evaluation Guide Tier 3 Worksheets -- University of AZ Institute for Children, Youth and Families
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Three process evaluation worksheets for interpretting results
- Evolution and Summative Evaluation of the Alaska Federal Health Care Access Network Telemedicine Project, Chapter Two: Key Informant Interviews -- University of Alaska Statewide Health Programs
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An Alaska evaluation report using key informant interviews
- Methods and Strategies for Community Partner Assessment: End-of-program survey and focus group interviews --
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Introductions to and instruments for an End-of-program survey of service learning program partners and a focus group discussion guide for community partners.
- Result: Long term family self-sufficiency --
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An abbreviated format that can be used for reporting performance accountability.
- Under one roof: primary care models that work for adolescents --
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A report promoting three strategies for providing primary care to adolescents. Each profile includes a short discussion of program effectiveness, which contains evaluation information.
- University of Missouri Extension's Youth Evaluation Tools -- University of Wisconsin Cooperative Extension
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Report on MO Family Nutrition Program Tasting Foods classroom surveys
- Story Analysis Results -- Results Accountability Implementation Guide
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A form to be used in an exercise with partners; it is designed to help participants sort information about a program or activity using the Results Accountability strategy. It could also help design a Results Accountability report.
- AEA Guiding Principles for Evaluators -- American Evaluation Association
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The assumptions, background and principles of evaluation, as defined and approved by the American Evaluation Association.
- Building Evaluation into Program Design -- University of Wisconson Cooperative Extension
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A good strategy for identifying and refining evaluation questions (more relevant to CDC Framework)
- California MCH Resources --
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A website with lost of planning and assessment tools, inlcuding Guidelines on Race/Ethnicity Data Collection, Guidelines for statistical analysis of public health data with attention to small numbers. Evaluating a program to build core capacity, The planning guide, and Selecting public health indicators for public health surveillance in a changing environment.
- Evaluation Guide: Stakeholders -- Christchurch City Council, New Zealand
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An EXCELLENT description of stakeholders; includes a table for identifying them, discussion of how evaluation may affect their interests, and a checklist
- Evaluation Toolkit -- Identifying and involving stakeholders -- WK Kellogg Foundation
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A good description of stakeholders
- How do we create a baseline (trendline) for an indicator? -- Results Accountability Implementation Guide
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A description of techniques for using data to map points on a trend line and calculate a forecast.
- How do we select indicators for a result? -- Results Accountability Implementation Guide
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Presents a method for identifying indicators based on a desired result; includes criteria for selecting the best measures, and for deciding which are the most important.
- How to design a questionaire -- Leung W-C.
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A discussion of questionnaire design. Not as comprehensive as the Deakin Univ one.
- Journal of Extension February 2007; 45(1) -- Radhakrishna RB. Tips for Developing and Testing Questionnaires/Instruments
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A journal article on designing questionnaires
- Journal of Extension Summer 1989; 27(2) -- Rockwell SK and Kohn H. Post-Then-Pre Evaluation
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Journal article on Post-then-pre evaluation design
- Key Informant Interviews -- University of Illinois Extension Program Planning and Assessment
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This is a series of fact sheets about all aspectsof conducting key informant interviews
- Questionnaire Design -- Deakin University Bowater School of Management and Marketing
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A comprehensive overview of issues related to questionnaire design.
- Relationship between performance accountability, performance measurement and evaluation -- Results Accountability Implementation Guide
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Discusses the overlap in and differences between the terms performance accountability, performance measurement and evaluation.
- Section 4: Key Informant Interviews -- UCLA Center for Health Policy Research
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Another paper on key informant interviews
- Seeing the Faces, Hearing the Stories, Learning from Our Communities: Using Focus Groups to Gain an Understanding of Living with Diabetes in Various Communities Chapter 3: Conducting Effective Focus Groups -- CDC Division of Diabetes Translation
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A very good web publication on focus groups including developing a plan, logistics, developing a discussion guide and analyzing results
- Statistics: Power from data! Questionnaire Design -- Statistics Canada, Canada's National Statistics Agency
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This chapter is part of a web-book on data collection. It includes a thorough discussion, question development examples, and interviewer considerations.
- Technique for identifying performance measures -- Results Accountability Implementation Guide
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A comprehensive description of a method for identifying all possible performance measures, including criteria for deciding which measures are best and which are most important. Includes links to related topics.
- User-Friendly Handbook for Mixed Method Evaluations -- National Science Foundation Division of Research, Evaluation and Communication
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A web-based book on qualitative data techniques and how they can be combined effectively with quantitative measures.
- Using Pre- and Post-Tests to Evaluate Achievement of Short Course Learning Objectives. Journal of Extension April 2001; 39(2) -- Cloughesy M, Zahler D and Rellergert M.
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Journal article on pre- and post-test evaluation design
- Logic Model Development Guide -- WK Kellogg Foundation
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A comprehensive guide to logic modelling
- Appyling Appreciative Inquiry to Evaluation Practice. AEA/CDC Summer Evaluation Institute 6/13/2006 handout -- Preskill, H.
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This is a presentation handout on Appreciative Inquiry, which is a process for envisioning the future and identifying actions needed to move forward
- Ensuring Evaluation Use AEA/CDC Summer Evaluation Institute 6/13/2006 handout -- Christie, CA
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This is presentation handout explores the connection between involving users in an evaluation and the impact/use it might have.
- Evaluability Assesment -- AEA/CDC Summer Evaluation Institute 6/13/2006 handout -- Leviton, L.
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This is presentation handout is on a method for deciding if an evaluation should be conducted.
- Evaluation 101: An overview for New Eval Practitioners. AEA/CDC Summer Evaluation Institute 6/13/2006 handout -- Chapel TJ
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This is a presentation handout on the CDC Framework. It includes a summary on logic models, engaging stakeholders, and data collection
- Introduction to Questionnaire Design -- Penn State Survey Research Center
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A presentation handout that is all about designing and testing a questionnaire. More thorough than the others, but some terms are not explained
- Survey and Questionnaire Design -- Statpac
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A point-and-click introduction to various aspects of questionnaire design.
- Beyond Data: Information Data Band and Sample Data Tabs -- North Carolina Cooperative Extension, Family and Consumer Services
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A website on understanding needs assessment and evaluation, and reporting the findings of a needs assessment or evaluation. It has really good pages on finding, collecting and presenting data
- Communities That care Community Planning System --
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the U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) Prevention Framework includes four steps, which are assessment, capacity, planning, implementation, and evaluation. This website is interactive and has tools to help users at each step; users can enter information into the evaluation section and the website will produce a customized evaluation plan. The website is easy to use, but does not offer much background information.
- Community Toolbox --
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Evaluation report outline and checklist.
- Community ToolBox:Tools --
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A website with tools linked to steps in the CDC Framework, a checklist for ensuring effective evaluation reports, a table identifying specific evaluation standards applicable to each step in the CDC Framework and an evaluation standards checklist.
- Introduction to Logic Models and Outcome Measurement -- Northwest Center for Public Health Practice
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This is slide-show is a good introduction to the pieces of a logic model, how logic models can be useful tools, and how to develop and use outcome measures
- Logic Model -- University of Wisconson Cooperative Extension Service, Program Development and Evaluation
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A website on logic models with links and examples
- On-line Statistics -- University of Leicester
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Basic information about statistical tests, including technical considerations about which should be used when.
- Online Handbooks and Text -- American Evaluation Association
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List of links to publications on evaluation
- Point K Tools --
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This website has interactive tools for conducting an organizational assessment, creating a logic model and developing an evaluation plan (based on the Results Accountability strategy). Once constructed the logic model and evaluation plan can be linked.
- Program Evaluation -- Penn State Cooperative Extension and Outreach
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This very cool website has tipsheets and examples of data collection methods and links to resources.
- Research Randomizer --
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Web-based calculator that provides randomly selected numbers within a range based on parameters that users set.
- Sample Size Calculator -- The Survey System
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Web-based calculator that gives users the size of the sample needed to generate a result that has a specified likelihood of being within a specified range.
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