Evaluation Capacity Building

Professional Associations

Professional associations offer ECB training, including the American Educational Research Association, American Public Health Association, Australasian Evaluation Society, Canadian Evaluation Society, Southeast Evaluation Association, and the American Psychological Association. For example, the American Evaluation Association has numerous ECB training resources, including its AEA365 blog; its 20-minute AEA Coffee Break [Page 627]webinars; its longer, more in-depth eStudy webinars; and workshops at its conferences.

Coursework

Formal coursework in ECB is offered in both face-to-face and online programs, including those at Claremont Graduate University, Western Michigan University, University of Minnesota, University of Connecticut, Syracuse University, University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign, University of California, Los Angeles, University of Cape Town, and University of Wisconsin–Stout.

Additional OrganizationsProviding Evaluation Training

Government agencies and private organizations, including the U.S. Government Accountability Office, the National Science Foundation, and the RAND Corporation, provide both online and printed evaluation training materials, including the U.S. Government Accountability Office and the National Science Foundation. One of the most widely used evaluation capacity building training documents is Getting to Outcomes 2004, a publication authored by Matthew Chinman, Pamela Imm, and Abraham Wandersman and published by RAND. It provides a 10-step approach to conducting a self-assessment.

Extensive materials are also available from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Its Program Performance and Evaluation Office provides an extensive list of useful ECB resources. Program-specific evaluation training materials include “Introduction to Program Evaluation for Comprehensive Tobacco Control Programs,” “Framework for Program Evaluation,” and “Key Outcome Indicators for Evaluating Comprehensive Tobacco Control Programs.” The Republic of South Africa distributes “Basic Concepts in Monitoring and Evaluation.” Foundations provide evaluation training materials, such as the W. K. Kellogg Foundation, Annie E. Casey Foundation, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the United Way, Amherst H. Wilder Foundation, and the Northwest Connecticut Community Foundation.

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