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Author Archives: Jane Davidson
Lifting the quality of evaluation #3: Evaluation associations with focus
Two things that make or break the quality and value of evaluation are: Evaluation-savvy clients Capable evaluators who know their ‘space’ What’s #3? #3: Professional evaluation associations with focus! The vast majority of professional evaluation associations around the world are … Continue reading
Lifting the quality of evaluation #2: Capable evaluators who know their ‘space’
What key elements are needed to seriously drive up how well evaluation delivers quality and value for money? Yesterday I talked about how evaluation-savvy clients can make or break the value of evaluation. Now for the other side of the … Continue reading
Lifting the quality of evaluation #1: Savvy clients
What key elements are needed to seriously drive up the quality and value for money delivered by evaluation? Earlier this year at the Aotearoa New Zealand Evaluation Association (anzea) conference, I reflected on this question and came up with three … Continue reading
Posted in Commissioning evaluation, The client's role, Use of evaluation
Tagged clients, commissioners, competencies, contracting, RFPs, utilization
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Cool ideas from personnel evaluation: Evaluative rubrics
Well, this week is Evaluation Week at SIOP (the Society for Industrial & Organizational Psychology) and SIOP week on the AEA365 blog. So, it’s a good time to consider some of the synergies across the two disciplines. My doctoral training … Continue reading
Posted in Evaluative rubrics, Personnel evaluation
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2 more ideas for evaluation survey items – asking about comparative value
In a post last week, I shared some ideas about how to get approximate answers to the ‘overall value’ question by building these concepts right into survey and interview questions themselves. Some ‘overall value’ questions pertained to cost-effectiveness, whether the … Continue reading
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