Our goal is to be the pre-eminent resource list of links of interest to evaluators. Towards that end, updating and organizing this page is a major initiative for 2001. If you know of other sites of interest to evaluators, please send your suggestions to aea@eval.org. Look for the "AEA" before a listing to identify those affiliated with the American Evaluation Association.
AEA Local Affiliates
AEA Topical Interest Groups (TIGs)
Collections of Links
Electronic Discussion Lists (Listservs)
Handbooks and Texts
General Evaluation Sites
National/International Evaluation Associations
Other Associations/Organizations
AEA has 13 local affiliates. Affiliates are independent Associations serving a particular region and focusing on evaluation. The following affiliates manage their own websites. Use the first link to see a list of all affiliates with current contact information.
AEA has 31 Topical Interest Groups (TIGs). TIGs are subgroups of Association members with common interests. Members may join up to five TIGs as part of their membership. The following TIGs manage their own websites. Use the first link to see a list of all TIGs with current leadership contact information.
These sites are similar to this page in that they are links to multiple web-resources related to evaluation. Evaluators are the audience for all listed sites and only sites with content significantly different from this list are included.
Site:
The Evaluation Clearinghouse
Sponsor: Government Performance Information
Consultant's (GPIC) [Canada]
Scope: Extensive list of sites that ranges broadly, many Canadian
links
Organization: Confusing with duplication, difficult to find specific
types of links
Link: http://members.home.net/gpic/evalwebindex.htm
Site:
On-line Evaluation Resource Library
Sponsor: National Science
Foundation's (NSF) Directorate for Education and Human Resources (EHR)
Scope: Extensive list of evaluation plans, instruments and reports
developed for NSF/EHR funded projects, uses specific quality criteria for
inclusion
Organization: Excellent, broken down by project type and resource
type
Link: http://oerl.sri.com/
Site:
WWW
Virtual Library: Evaluation
Sponsor: Confederation of volunteers
Scope: Extensive list of evaluation-related sites, many international
Organization: Good, broken down by topics, can be difficult to find
specific types of links
Link: http://user.berlin.de/~alfio.cerami/index.html
Electronic Discussion Lists, or Listservs, are topical, email-based discussion groups. Use the "Information Link" to find instructions for joining.
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List name:
EVALTALK
Topics: All types of evaluation
Sponsor: Official list of the American Evaluation Association
Information link: http://members.home.net/saumitra/AEA/evaltalk.html
For assistance contact:
Kathleen Bolland at Kbolland@sw.ua.edu
List name:
AERA-H
Topics: School evaluation and program development
Sponsor: School Eval. and Program Development SIG: American
Educational Research Assoc.
Information link: http://www.aera.net/divisions/h/
List Name: ARLIST-L
Topics: Multidisciplinary
discussion of action research theory and practice
Sponsor: Bob Dick
Information Link:
http://www.scu.edu.au/schools/gcm/ar/arr/arlist.html
For assistance contact:
Bob Dick at bd@uq.net.au
List name:
ATLAS-Ti
Topics: Use of the qualitative data analysis software ATLAST-Ti
Sponsor: Scientific Software Development (ATLAST-Ti)
Information link:
http://www.atlasti.de/joinlist.html
AEA
List Name: Bay
Area Evaluators
Topics: Those of
interest to evaluators in the San Francisco Bay region
Sponsor: SF Bay Area Evaluators (SF-BAE) Local Affiliate of American
Evaluation Association
Information Link: http://www.eval.org/ListsLinks/sf-baelistserv.htm
For assistance contact:
Saumitra Sengupta at saumitra_sengupta@dph.sf.ca.us.
AEA
List name: Empowerment
Evaluation
Topics: Collaborative, participatory and empowerment (CPE) evaluation
Sponsor: CPE Interest group of the American Evaluation Association
Information Link: http://www.eval.org/TIGs/empower.html
For assistance contact: David
Fetterman at davidf@leland.stanford.edu
AEA
List Name: EVALGRAD
Topics: Topics of interest to graduate students or new professionals
in evaluation
Sponsor: Graduate Student Interest Group of American Evaluation
Association
Information Link: http://acad.cgu.edu/archives/evalgrad.html
AEA
List Name:
GOVTEVAL
Topics: Evaluation in federal, state, and local government agencies
Sponsor: State and Local Government Interest Group of American
Evaluation Association
Information link: http://www.eval.org/ListsLinks/ElectronicLists/govteval_list.htm
For assistance contact: Patricia Rogers at patricia.rogers@rmit.edu.au
List Name:
QSR-Forum
Topics: Qualitative data analysis (QDA) generally, QDA software,
NUDIST NVivo software
Sponsor: QSR International (makers of NUDIST and NVivo software)
Information link: http://www.qsr.com.au/resources/forum.html
For assistance contact: list-master@qsr.com.au
List Name:
QUALRS-L
Topics: Qualitative research for the human sciences
Sponsor: University of Georgia
Information link: http://www.listserv.uga.edu/archives/qualrs-l.html
For assistance contact: Judith Preissle at jude@arches.uga.edu
List Name:
SEMNET
Topics: Structural equation modeling, Factor analysis, Analysis of
covariant structures
Sponsor: Seebeck Computer Center at The University of Alabama
Information link: http://www.gsu.edu/~mkteer/semnet.html
For assistance contact:Carl E. Ferguson, Jr at CFerguso@Alston.CBA.UA.edu
List Name:
SYSTAT-L
Topics: Using the SYSTAT quantitative data analysis software
Sponsor: SPSS, Inc
Information link: http://www.spss.com/tech/listserves.html#SPSS
For assistance contact: SYSTAT-L-request@spss.com
List Name:
SPSSX-L
Topics: Using the SPSS quantitative data analysis software
Sponsor: University of Georgia
Information link: http://www.spss.com/tech/listserves.html#SPSS
AEA
List Name:
WPEN-List
Topics: Program announcements and discussion of evaluation topics
pertinent in Western PA
Sponsor: Western Pennsylvania Evaluator's Network (WPEN) Local Affiliate of American
Evaluation Association
Information link: http://trfn.clpgh.org/wpen/listserv.html
AEA
List Name: XCeval
Topics: International and Cross-cultural Evaluation (ICCE)
Sponsor: ICCE Topical Interest Group of the American Evaluation
Association
Information Link: http://www.eval.org/TIGs/empower.html
For assistance contact:
Craig Russon at craig.russon@wkkf.org
AEA
List Name: mievaltig
Topics: Issues related to minority evaluators and/or evaluating
minority populations
Sponsor: Minority Issues Topical Interest Group of the American
Evaluation Association
Information Link: http://www.eval.org/TIGs/empower.html
For assistance contact:
Rodney Hopson at hopson@duq.edu
The following handbooks and texts are availably in their entirety online. Most are multi-chapter documents focusing on "how to's" of evaluation-related subjects.
Title: Community
Based Project Evaluation Guide (2000)
Sponsor: US Department of Agriculture and University of AZ
Cooperative Extension Service
Scope: Participatory team approach to evaluating programs for
children, youth, and families
Audience: Extension professionals and those involved in extension
programs participating on the evaluation team, also broadly applicable
implementation of Jacobs five-tiered approach
Format: Adobe pdf documents
Link: http://ag.arizona.edu/fcr/fs/cyfar/evalgde.htm
Title: Designing
Evaluations
(1991)
Sponsor: US General Accounting Office
Scope: Logic of program evaluation design, designing evaluations for
federal programs
Audience: US General Accounting Office evaluators, but applicable to
others conducting large-scale evaluations
Format: Webpage
Link: http://www.gao.gov/policy/10_1_4.htm
Title: Educator's
Guide to Evaluating the Use of Technology in Schools and Classrooms
Sponsor: American Institutes for Research for US Dept of Education
Scope: Evaluating technology use in Elementary and Secondary schools
Audience: Anyone conducting technology evaluation in schools
Format: Available both as webpages and Adobe pdf document
Link: http://www.ed.gov/pubs/EdTechGuide/
Title: Effectiveness
through Evaluation (1997)
Sponsor: The British Council
Scope: General guide to evaluation of research programs and other
programs
Audience: General
Format: Webpage
Link: http://www.evaluation.co.uk/evaluation/evaluation%20guide.html
Title: Electronic
Statistics Textbook (2001)
Sponsor: StatSoft
Scope: Comprehensive introductory Statistics text
Audience: Adult learners of statistics
Format: Webpages
Link: http://www.statsoft.com/textbook/stathome.html
Title: Evaluation
Cookbook (1998)
Sponsor: Learning Technology Dissemination Initiative, Heriot Watt
University
Scope: Methodologies for evaluating uses of technology
Audience: Primarily educators using technology in their classrooms
Format: Webpages
Link: http://www.icbl.hw.ac.uk/ltdi/cookbook/contents.html
Title: Evaluation
Toolkit
Sponsor: Project STAR for Corporation for National Service
Scope: Planning and executing an evaluation of a service program
Audience: Corporation for National Service program directors, but
widely applicable to beginners conducting internal evaluations
Format: Adobe pdf documents
Link: http://www.projectstar.org/Library/toolkit.html
Title: Evaluation
Toolkit: Focus Groups
Sponsor: Human Resource Development Canada (HRDC) - Data and
Development Branch
Scope: Basics of focus groups for managers including deciding when to
use them
Audience: Evaluation managers at HRDC and staff at partner
organizations, applicable to anyone needing to understand focus groups in
order to hire a consultant to conduct them
Format: Adobe pdf document
Link: http://www11.hrdc-drhc.gc.ca/edd/toolkit.list
Title: Evaluation
Toolkit: Quasi-Experimental Design
Sponsor: Human Resource Development Canada (HRDC) - Data and
Development Branch
Scope: Basics of quasi-experimental design and the need for
comparison groups
Audience: General
Format: Adobe pdf document
Link: http://www11.hrdc-drhc.gc.ca/edd/toolkit.list
Title: Foundation
Evaluation Handbook
Sponsor: WK Kellogg Foundation
Scope: Outlines a blueprint for designing and conducting evaluations,
either independently or with the support of an external evaluator/consultant
Audience: Primarily for project directors on foundation grants but
very broadly applicable
Format: Available as webpages or Adobe PDF file
Link: http://www.wkkf.org/Documents/WKKF/EvaluationHandbook/default.asp
Title: HyperStat
Statistics Textbook
Sponsor: Rice Virtual Lab
Scope: Comprehensive, interactive, novice-advanced level statistics
textbook
Audience: Program managers
Format: Webpages
Link: http://davidmlane.com/hyperstat/
Title: Program
Managers Guide to Evaluation
Sponsor: Administration on Children, Youth & Families - Dept of
Health & Human Services
Scope: Novice guide to evaluating programs for children, youth &
families
Audience: Program managers
Format: Webpages
Link: http://www2.acf.dhhs.gov/programs/hsb/CORE/dox/progman.html
Title: Research
Methods Knowledge Base
Sponsor: William M Trochim, Cornell University
Scope: Comprehensive introduction to social science research methods
Audience: Undergraduate or graduate-level learners in social sciences
Format: Webpages (free), enhanced web and hardcopy available for
order
Link: http://trochim.human.cornell.edu/kb/index.htm
Title: Taking
Stock: A Practical Guide to Evaluating Your Own Programs
Sponsor: American Association for the Advancement of Science
Scope: How to conduct participatory, internal evaluations in
community-based organizations
Audience: Staff in community-based organizations
Format: Webpages
Link: http://www.horizon-research.com/publications/stock.pdf
Title: User-friendly
Handbook for Mixed-method Evaluations
(1997)
Sponsor: National Science Foundation (NSF)
Scope: Designing, conducting evaluation integrating quantitative and
qualitative techniques for outcome evaluations, "practical rather than
technically sophisticated"
Audience: Principal Investigators and Project Evaluators working with
NSF's directorate for education and human resource development, but content
is widely applicable for novice evaluators.
Format: Webpages
Link: http://www.ehr.nsf.gov/EHR/REC/pubs/NSF97-153/start.htm
Title: User-friendly
Handbook for Project Evaluation: Science, Mathematics, Engineering and
Technology Education
(1993)
Sponsor: National Science Foundation (NSF)
Scope: Emphasis on quantitative techniques for outcome evaluations
"practical rather than technically sophisticated"
Audience: Principal Investigators and Project Evaluators working with
NSF's directorate for education and human resource development, but content
is widely applicable for novice evaluators.
Format: Adobe pdf document
Link: http://www.ehr.nsf.gov/EHR/RED/EVAL/handbook/handbook.htm
Applied Survey Research This organization specializes in outcome evaluations to measure and evaluate learning, program effectiveness, impact on behavior, and effective resource allocation
Centre for Program Evaluation, The University of Melbourne The Centre for Program Evaluation is part of the Department of Educational Policy and Management of the Department of Education at the University of Melbourne, Australia. The Centre's objectives are to conduct commissioned program evaluations, provide training courses within and without the university, and act as a focal point for the theory and practice of evaluation.