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Evaluation
Internet Sites
The
American Evaluation Society
http://www.eval.org/
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.
This site contains information about membership to AES, conferences,
publications, plus links to other evaluation sites.
Federal Interagency Council on Statistical Policy
http://www.fedstats.gov/
Contains statistics and information from over 100 federal
agencies.
Maintained
by the National Institute on Drug Abuse
http://www.nida.nih.gov/infofax/infofaxindex.html
This site contains statistics on drug abuse, and facts about
drug addiction.
Western
Michigan Evaluation Center/Evaluation Support Services
http://www.wmich.edu/evalctr/ess.html
Created by The Evaluation Center at Western Michigan University,
the Evaluation Support Services Web site is intended to increase
the use and improve the quality of evaluations. Information
on evaluation checklists and instruments, terminology; resources
also include a directory of evaluators and related links.
Harvard
Family Research Project
http://gseweb.harvard.edu/~hfrp/index.html
Based at Harvard University in Cambridge, MA, the mission
of the HFRP is to provide professional development for those
who work with children and families to advance evaluations
which pertain to community diversity and to provide policymakers
with research-based information. The HFRP www site provides
links to its current projects and links to a range of full-text
articles and resources.
United
Way of America: Resource Network on Outcome Measurement
http://national.unitedway.org/outcomes/
The Resource Network's purpose is to provide United Way of
America's and other organizations' outcome measurement resources
and learnings. The site also features a resource library with
fulltext articles.
Resources
for Methods in Evaluation and Social Research
http://gsociology.icaap.org/methods/
This page provides an extensive list of free resources for
methods in evaluation and social research. The focus is on
"how-to" do evaluation research and the methods
used: surveys, focus groups, sampling, interviews, and other
methods. Also provides quality links.
Applied Survey Research (ASR) http://www.appliedsurveyresearch.org/mainmenu.shtml
ASR is a nonprofit social research firm dedicated to helping
people build better communities. Through community assessments,
outcome evaluations, and other forms of research, employing
the current best practices in data collection, analysis, and
presentation. ASR offers a free newsletter, some links to
other sites, papers, and reports expanding social work knowledge
through research and evaluation.
Empowerment
Evaluation http://www.stanford.edu/~davidf/empowermentevaluation.html
Topics: Collaborative, participatory and empowerment (CPE)
evaluation. Sponsor: CPE Interest group of the American Evaluation
Association. This page begins with a brief introduction to
empowerment evaluation. A more detailed presentation about
empowerment evaluation is found at the bottom of this page.
A detailed list of Internet resources, software, handbooks
and guides, and related associations is provided.
Social
Work Search Engine: A directory of Social Work Related Links
http://www.socialworksearch.com/
Social Work Search is a search engine devoted to the Social
Work profession. It has links to websites of interests to
social workers and other helping professionals.
Domestic Violence Program Evaluation Project
http://www.uic.edu/~lwbenn/DVPEP/dvpep.htm
Located at the College of Social Work at the University of
Illinois, Chicago, and dedicated to researching domestic violence
prevention efforts
Institute
of Applied Research
http://www.iarstl.org/
Research Institute specializing in child welfare issues with
papers and reports published on line.
The
Use of Qualitative Interviews in Evaluation
http://ag.arizona.edu/fcs/cyfernet/cyfar/Intervu5.htm
University of Arizona, Institute for Children, Youth and Families.
Uses of qualitative interviewing in evaluation research, types
of qualitative interviews, advantages, and disadvantages.
Social Science Information Gateway: Qualitative Methods
http://www.sosig.ac.uk/roads/subject-listing/World/qualmeth.html
Lists a number of on-line resources and journals relating
to qualitative methodology.
NASW
Practice Research Network
http://www.naswdc.org/naswprn/default.asp
NASW has launched a Practice Research Network (PRN), a research
program that collects and analyzes data on social work practice
as well as a variety of social work service delivery issues.
Evaluation Tools
http://mime1.marc.gatech.edu/MM_Tools/evaluation.html
Examples of Evaluation Tools available for downloading.
Culturally
and Linguistically Appropriate Services (CLAS): Early Childhood
Research Institute
http://www.clas.uiuc.edu/special/evaltools/
Offers citations for relevant evaluation tools to improve
social work practice.
The
Measurement Group
http://www.themeasurementgroup.com/evalbttn.htm
Offers instruments that can be used for many purposes. Since
a large amount of our recent work has focused on evaluating
national demonstration programs on HIV/AIDS, many of the instruments
posted on this web site were developed within that context.
Note, however, that many of the instruments listed below are
general purpose ones that can be easily adapted for other
purposes.
National
Network for Child Care
http://www.nncc.org/Evaluation/evaltools.html
Child Care evaluation and assessment tools offered.
Using
Spreadsheets for Data Collection, Statistical Analysis, and
Graphical Representation in Social Work
http://web.utk.edu/~dap/Random/Order/Start.htm
Instructional modules that demonstrate the use of spreadsheets
in data collection, statistical analysis, and graphical representation
in social work.
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