Tag Archives: UK

The risks of focusing on the easy-to-measure

Posted on June 25, 2010 by Patricia Rogers

Some more developments in UK development funding, an issue we looked at in a post a few weeks ago. Lawrence Haddad, Director of the Institute for Development Studies has  an interesting article in the Guardian in response to David Cameron’s … Continue reading →

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Oxford admissions essay: “simple, yet devilish” … An evaluation aptitude test?

Posted on June 8, 2010 by Jane Davidson

Many thanks to Michael Quinn Patton for sending us through this gem (from the New York Times) about a rather interesting essay exam for selecting graduate students into All Souls College in Oxford, England. Continue reading →

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How can transparency efforts adequately report on long-term and hard to measure results?

Posted on June 4, 2010 by Patricia Rogers

Public reporting is an important part of genuine evaluation. But is there a risk that programs with long-term outcomes will receive less support than they deserve? The latest developments in the British Government’s move for more transparency.

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Posted in Appropriate measurement, Appropriate reporting, Civil society engagement, Development, Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , | 1 Comment

£6 million over 5 years – and STILL no genuine evaluation of Blueprint?

Posted on April 7, 2010 by Jane Davidson

When a large and expensive evaluation fails to produce useful results, it’s worth seeing if at least it can be useful as a cautionary tale. Blueprint is a UK Government-funded drugs education programme consisting of five components: drug education in … Continue reading →

Posted in Adequate scope, Causal inference, Causal inference strategies, Education, Evaluation team composition, Evaluative questions & answers, Government programs, Learning from failure, The client's role | Tagged , , , , , , | 1 Comment