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Evaluating the Initiative:


Other resources and links related to Evaluating the Initiative

For links to other potentially relevant information on evaluating community programs and initiatives, check out these web sites:

  • http://www.eval.org/
    The American Evaluation Association, an international professional association, focuses on evaluation of many types and hosts topical interest groups (TIGs), including human services evaluation, health evaluation, international and cross-cultural evaluation. Also has an excellent list of links for evaluators.

  • http://www.cdc.gov/
    The U.S. Centers for Disease Control site contains a multitude of evaluation sites, ranging from evaluation of HIV programs to employee performance. For a general program evaluation framework and links, see the CDC Evaluation Working Group (http://www.cdc.gov/eval/).
    You can also find program-specific applications. Go to "Search" for best results and specify your area or "how to" evaluate.

  • http://www.cyfernet.org/
    USDA Children, Youth, and Families at Risk Initiative offers Evaluation resources (see Tools) in the form of abstracted and full-text research articles about specific initiatives. Many links to other sites as well.

  • http://www.crime-prevention.org/english/publications/economic/list/
    Canada's National Crime Prevention Council provides a checklist of approaches for evaluating community-based programs.

  • http://www.mande.co.uk/
    MandE NEWS is a news service based in the United Kingdom focusing on developments in monitoring and evaluation methods relevant to social development projects. Open forum postings can be viewed by category.

  • http://www.preventiondss.org/
    U.S. Center for Substance Abuse Prevention offers a registration-based online Decision Support System with evaluation component.

  • http://www.gse.harvard.edu/hfrp/eval.html
    The Harvard Family Research Project publishes The Evaluation Exchange, which addresses current issues facing program evaluators of all levels. Archives are available online in Adobe Acrobat and HTML format.

These E-mail discussion lists focusing on evaluation are linked through CataList, a catalog of lists.

  • EVALTALK-request@BAMA.UA.EDU
    The American Evaluation Association's official discussion list deals with all types of evaluation and has over 2,000 subscribers.

  • AERA-H@LISTS.ASU.EDU
    This list is a joint project of the American Educational Research Association (AERA) and the College of Education at Arizona State University, intended to promote the exchange of information about school evaluation and program development.