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How to Read Your Evaluation Plan

Understanding an evaluation plan.

Involving Evaluators on Grant Proposals

Article providing guidance on how to work with a program evaluator to develop a grant proposal

Consulting Stakeholders in the Grant Writing Process

Three tips for involving stakeholders in the grant writing process.

Refining Grant Goals, Objectives, and Activities

The relationship between the grant goals, objectives, and activities is discussed. A K-12 goal is used to illustrate the connection.

Not Just Another Dusty Shelf Report: How to Use Your Report Beyond Fulfilling a Funding Requirement

By Stacy Hayden, M.A., SEG Research Associate Evaluator-prepared reports according to one recently interviewed project director have...

The Hard Numbers: Data Sharing

Four tips to help ensure the proper transfer of data when working with your evaluation team

Maintaining a Project Documentation Archive

In last month’s blog—So Your Project Got Funded…Now What?—we reviewed steps project directors should take to support successful...

So Your Project Got Funded... Now What?

The length of time between when proposals must be submitted for grant programs and when they are funded can often be several months to...

Quantitative Analysis in Program Evaluation

Quantitative data analysis is an important part of the program evaluation process. Basic statistics help us understand and communicate...

Implementation logs: A small investment that yields powerful evidence

Implementation logs maintained by grant project directors can be powerful tools for evaluators, too.

Tools for Program Design

By Dr. Patricia Moore Shaffer Theory of change and logic modeling are tools that program managers and evaluators often use to describe a...

The Importance of Education Policy Research

By Dr. Marquita Hockaday Consider that omnipresent, yet pertinent quote from historians: “It’s important to study history so we don’t...

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