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Internet Sites Assignment

Week 15

Submitted By: Richard Jones

http://www.cdc.gov/eval/framework/Despite its focus on evaluation as it relates to controlling diseases, this organization has put

together a framework for program evaluation that can be applied to any number of situations.

Their framework includes an illustration of the evaluation cycle and links to more informationabout the steps, scope, and materials involved in completing an evaluation.

http://managementhelp.org/evaluation/index.htmThis collection of resources, provided by Free Management Library, is aimed at assisting

individuals in their pursuit of a variety of tasks associated with evaluation. The section

specifically relating to evaluation displays links to articles about the general guidelines and types

of evaluations; moreover, those links take users to additional resources that have been brokendown into more topics based on that evaluation category.

http://toolkit.pellinstitute.org/

This toolkit provides visitors with an overview what evaluation is, a guide that covers everythingfrom developing a plan to sharing the evaluation report, and examples of evaluation reports.

The organization appears to be working on another aspect of the website that would allow for

collaboration between individuals who are interested in evaluation.

http://www.qld.gov.au/web/community-engagement/guides-factsheets/evaluating/

In an effort to provide assistance to leaders who evaluate community engagement activities, the

government of Queensland has put together a comprehensive guide for taking on such tasks. Thewebsite describes evaluation frameworks, data collection and analysis, and decision-making

based on project findings; moreover, these have been broken into individual steps within itswebpages.

http://erm.uncg.edu/oaers/methodology-resources/program-evaluation/

The University of North Carolina, Greensboro provides individuals with a variety of evaluationresources including a list of evaluation models, methods, and forms that can be used to guide

evaluators in their endeavors. The site covers everything from the basics terms associated with

evaluation to the writing of evaluation reports.

http://www.evaluationspringboard.org/csintro.html

What makes this website somewhat unique is not that is provides an overview of evaluation

(what, why, and how to do them); rather, it is that one can locate three different case studies onwhich an individual could practice the various phases of an evaluation cycle. The case studiesmirror the organizations goal of helping educators evaluate and improve their educational

programs.

http://orb.essex.ac.uk/hs/hs908/general%20pages/measures_of_central_tendency.htm

When data collection and analysis is brought up in a conversation about evaluation, it is a virtual

guarantee that it will involve the use of terms like mean, media, and mode. This resource

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provides a definition of each category, samples of how they are calculated, and a table that

breaks them down according to various levels of data (as mentioned in the B&D text); moreover,

the site provides the advantages and disadvantage of each measurement as seen by thisorganization.

http://www.socialresearchmethods.net/kb/evaluation.phpDespite the fact that this resource is geared toward social research methodology, there is asection within the website that is dedicated to discussing the differences between evaluation and

traditional research. Newcomers to evaluation might find the Introduction to Evaluationpage

helpful in distinguishing one from the other, especially as they relate to their goals and strategies.

http://www.guidestar.org/rxa/news/articles/2005/importance-of-evaluation.aspx

While not discussing evaluation at a substantial length, the authors of this website attempt to

convey the importance not only of conducting evaluations, but of including evaluatorsthroughout all phases of a programs implementation. The institute also addresses the issue of

when to use internal and external evaluators depending upon the size, scope, and potential

funding implications of a given task.

http://www.wa.gov/esd/training/toolbox/tg_kirkpatrick.htm

Donald Kirkpatricks Four Levels of Learning Evaluationprovides a guide for looking at the

effectiveness of training programs. Although this website does not discuss the kinds ofsystematic evaluations that are found in EdTech 505, it does provide a description of the four

levels (Reaction, Behavior, Learning, and Results) and the kinds of complexities one can

measure when such trainings are implemented.

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