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Our Mission
| The Evaluation Center’s mission is to advance the theory, practice, and utilization of evaluation. The Center’s principal activities are research, education, service, dissemination, and national and international leadership in evaluation. |
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Our Vision
- Providing evaluation, research, and capacity-building services to a broad array of organizations
- Conducting research on evaluation
- Engaging in academic leadership
- Administering the Interdisciplinary Ph.D. in Evaluation
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Evaluation Ph.D.
| The Evaluation Center houses the Interdisciplinary Ph.D. in Evaluation program, supporting the development of evaluation scholars and practitioners with practical experience and deep knowledge of evaluation theory, methodology, and practice as well as superior critical thinking and problem-solving skills. Learn more. |
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Evaluation Café
| The Evaluation Café features the brightest minds in evaluation, as part of a weekly series presented throughout the academic year. Guest speakers bring a fresh perspective on a wide range of evaluation topics. Attend in person – sandwiches provided! – or catch up on the latest discussion through our web library. Learn more. |
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Evaluation Checklists
| To improve the quality and consistency of evaluations and enhance evaluation capacity, we promote the use of high-quality checklists targeted to specific evaluation tasks and approaches. The checklist site provides evaluation specialists and users with refereed checklists for designing, budgeting, contracting, staffing, managing, and assessing evaluations of programs, personnel, students, and other evaluands; collecting, analyzing, and reporting evaluation information; and determining merit, worth, and significance. Learn. |
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EvaluATE
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EvaluATE is the National Science Foundation-funded Evaluation Resource Center for Advanced Technological Education located at The Evaluation Center. We offer free webinars, a quarterly newsletter, and digital resource library: evalu-ate.org |
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Wednesday, March 13, 2013
“Putting Evaluation to Use:” A Workshop-based Method for Engaging Stakeholder in the Process of Interpreting and Using Evaluation Data
Dr. Adrienne E. Adams—Assistant Professor, Ecological Community Psychology, Michigan State University
Noon to 1 p.m.
4410 Ellsworth Hall |
Call for Contributions
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April 30, 2013- Evaluation and Program Planning
Special Issue: Evidence-Based Practice in Behavioral Health (Working Title)
Guest Editors: Daniela Schroeter, Stephen Magura, Chris Coryn, Jason Burkhardt, and Stephanie MeansThis special issue of Evaluation and Program Planning will explore issues related to the evaluation of evidence-based program practice in behavioral health fields. The editors welcome both theoretical and empirically-based papers that focuses on topics including the process by which programs are certified to be evidence based, the ways in which evidence for interventions or modalities may accumulate across media, current state of the art in the process of research on evidence based practice, and the ways in which evidence based modalities or interventions are made available to the public. Read the full announcement. |
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