Evaluating a training and mentoring program involves assessing the processes associated with administering the mentoring activities. Mentoring programs help employees learn skills and knowledge from ...

The mission of the Center for Program Evaluation (CPE) is to conduct research on program evaluation methods as well as to offer evaluation planning, consulting, training and services for the ...

One of the most common challenges facing nonprofits is meeting the expectations of grant makers that demand comprehensive impact evaluations, often without providing adequate resources to conduct ...

The Division of Evaluation, Assessment and Education Research within the School of Medicine provides expertise, advising and administrative support related to program evaluation, performance ...

This post is by Pam Blumenthal (@Pamelamapdx), Director of Links Programs, which includes Future Connect (@GetTherePDX), at Portland Community College (@PortlandCC). Today’s post is the practitioner ...

Focus groups are a fast and effective way to elicit information and perspectives from a variety of key informants simultaneously. In public health, it is often a standard research methodology that is ...

We work closely with PIs on grant proposals to design evaluation plans, write the evaluation section and develop the evaluation budget. We implement evaluation plans, review evaluation data with PI’s ...

Note: This is a guest post by Jon Baron, President of the Coalition for Evidence-Based Policy, and Chairman of the National Board for Education Sciences In today’s tough economic climate, quality ...

The Obama administration is reporting progress on its ongoing effort to prod agencies to increase their use of data analytics in making “evidence-based” evaluations of programs—even to the point of ...

Shanna Rose Thompson— Shanna is the Center for Program Evaluation (CPE)’s Manager, serving as an evaluator and project manager for various grants. She also taught multiple courses for UMass Lowell's ...