
| Links that will help you in evaluating a virtual information source (a website for instance) even before you have visited the site. Appraise a source by first examining its citations. One of the goals of the UKES in 2007-2008 is to promote cross-sector and cross-disciplinary dialogue and debate on evaluation. This requires meeting the needs of evaluators, commissioners and users from government, voluntary, academic and private sectors. It aims to do this through a three pronged approach by which it hopes to provide a strategic voice for evaluation in the UK . Besides supporting the growth of international networks through links with other evaluation societies. www.evaluation.org.uk ~ Read more...
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Evaluation is about using monitoring and other information you collect to make judgements about your project. It is also about using the information to make changes and improvements. Evaluation aims to answer agreed questions and to make a judgement against specific criteria. Like other research, for a good evaluation, data must be collected and analysed systematically, and its interpretation considered carefully. Assessing 'value' - or the worth of something - and then taking action makes,,, www.ces-vol.org... ndex.cfm?pg=167 ~ Read more...
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American Evaluation Association The American Evaluation Association is an international professional association of evaluators devoted to the application and exploration of program evaluation, personnel evaluation, technology, and many other forms of evaluation. Evaluation involves assessing the strengths and weaknesses of programs, policies, personnel, products, and organizations to improve their effectiveness. AEA has approximately 5000 members representing all 50 states in the US as well as over 60 foreign countries. www.eval.org ~ Read more...
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