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EVALUATION 2002 ONLINE PROGRAM

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Session Type, Title, and Timeslot

Session Type Session Title Slot Time
Opening Plenary State of the Association, Strand Overview and Presidential Address 100 Wednesday, November 6, 3:15 PM to 4:15 PM
Think Tank AEA Town Hall Meeting on Expansion of The Association 101 Wednesday, November 6, 4:30 PM to 6:00 PM
Think Tank Building Client-evaluator Relationships 102 Wednesday, November 6, 4:30 PM to 6:00 PM
Skill-building Workshop Chairing (or Participating in) an AEA Conference Panel?  This workshop is for you! 103 Wednesday, November 6, 4:30 PM to 6:00 PM
Think Tank Should An FDA-like Process Be Adopted for Getting to Evidence-based Practices in Public Mental Health? 104 Wednesday, November 6, 4:30 PM to 6:00 PM
Think Tank Think Tank: What Does Capacity Building Mean Within Multi-cultural Community Evaluations? 105 Wednesday, November 6, 4:30 PM to 6:00 PM
Demonstration Digital Evaluation Resources and Links to Communities of Evaluators: Spreading Information, Tools, and Support Worldwide 106 Wednesday, November 6, 4:30 PM to 6:00 PM
Panel Youth Engagement in Evaluation: Opportunities and Challenges 107 Wednesday, November 6, 4:30 PM to 6:00 PM
Panel Evaluating Comprehensive Community Programs: Challenges Faced and Lessons Learned 108 Wednesday, November 6, 4:30 PM to 6:00 PM
Panel Achilles Heels of Program Theory Evaluation 109 Wednesday, November 6, 4:30 PM to 6:00 PM
Think Tank The 21st Century Community Learning Center Program: Challenges for Evaluators 110 Wednesday, November 6, 4:30 PM to 6:00 PM
Think Tank Identifying Assumptions in a Foundation's Community-change Model 111 Wednesday, November 6, 4:30 PM to 6:00 PM
Think Tank Use of Recommendations in Evaluation: A Decision-making Tool for Evaluators 112 Wednesday, November 6, 4:30 PM to 6:00 PM
MultiPaper Qualitative Approaches to Evaluating in Educational Settings 113 Wednesday, November 6, 4:30 PM to 6:00 PM
Demonstration Use of Power Point to Introduce the Basics About Evaluation to a General Audience: Experiences in CARE International 114 Wednesday, November 6, 4:30 PM to 6:00 PM
Panel The Role of Evaluation in the Continuous Improvement of The After School Corporation (TASC ) After-school Initiative 115 Wednesday, November 6, 4:30 PM to 6:00 PM
Panel Reforming Welfare Reform: Analyses of Policies and Outcomes 116 Wednesday, November 6, 4:30 PM to 6:00 PM
Skill-building Workshop Utilizing a Participatory Approach for Needs Assessment and Evaluation in Business and Industry 117 Wednesday, November 6, 4:30 PM to 6:00 PM
Panel Cutting-Edge Evaluation Methods in Organizational Settings 301 Thursday, November 7, 8:00 AM to 9:30 AM
MultiPaper Innovations in Collaborative Environmental Projects 302 Thursday, November 7, 8:00 AM to 9:30 AM
Expert Lecture Emergent and Competing Qualitative Approaches to Evaluating Systemic Processes that  Reform Systems 303 Thursday, November 7, 8:00 AM to 9:30 AM
Panel Cross-Discipline Strategies to Meet Evaluation Challenges 304 Thursday, November 7, 8:00 AM to 9:30 AM
Skill-building Workshop Evaluation Project Management: A Key to Effective Evaluation 305 Thursday, November 7, 8:00 AM to 9:30 AM
Panel High Stakes Testing: Does It Reform School Systems to the Benefit of All Children? 306 Thursday, November 7, 8:00 AM to 9:30 AM
MultiPaper Policy, Context and the Use of Evaluation Theory 307 Thursday, November 7, 8:00 AM to 9:30 AM
Panel International Implications for Evaluator Certification 308 Thursday, November 7, 8:00 AM to 9:30 AM
Panel Evaluating a Middle Grades Comprehensive School Reform Model: Multiple Perspectives and Voices 309 Thursday, November 7, 8:00 AM to 9:30 AM
Panel Evaluating Integrated Services Programs: The Starting Early Starting Smart Multi-site Evaluation 310 Thursday, November 7, 8:00 AM to 9:30 AM
Think Tank Building a Culture of Electronic Evaluation: Contexts and Strategies 311 Thursday, November 7, 8:00 AM to 9:30 AM
Panel Multi-site Studies: Innovative Analytic Strategies 312 Thursday, November 7, 8:00 AM to 9:30 AM
Panel Collaborative Evaluation of Los Angeles County's Prop 10 Childcare Initiatives 313 Thursday, November 7, 8:00 AM to 9:30 AM
Panel Evaluation of the Social Programs and Projects in Uzbekistan: Lessons and Outcomes 314 Thursday, November 7, 8:00 AM to 9:30 AM
Demonstration Building Toward System Change Using a Research and Development Model 315 Thursday, November 7, 8:00 AM to 9:30 AM
Roundtables Roundtables: Health & Human Services I 316 Thursday, November 7, 8:00 AM to 9:30 AM
Multipaper Using Innovative Methodology to Understand the Influence of Race, Ethnicity, and Gender in Systemic Contexts 317 Thursday, November 7, 8:00 AM to 9:30 AM
MultiPaper Evaluation at the Macro-level: Implications for Community and National Agendas 318 Thursday, November 7, 8:00 AM to 9:30 AM
Demonstration Developing Evaluation Capacity: An Overview of Two Evaluation Training Curricula 319 Thursday, November 7, 8:00 AM to 9:30 AM
MultiPaper Theory-based Models in Healthcare Professions 320 Thursday, November 7, 8:00 AM to 9:30 AM
MultiPaper Evaluating Technology in K-12 Education 321 Thursday, November 7, 8:00 AM to 9:30 AM
MultiPaper Using Diverse Evaluation Methods to Focus on Public Health Programs 322 Thursday, November 7, 8:00 AM to 9:30 AM
Panel What Is The Role Of An Evidence-based Education System in Advancing Gender Equity? 323 Thursday, November 7, 8:00 AM to 9:30 AM
Panel The Role of Evaluation in Supporting National Government Decision-making and Reform:  A Developing Country Perspective 325 Thursday, November 7, 9:45 AM to 11:15 AM
Panel The Systemic Effects of an Evaluation Internship Program on the Intern, the Collaborating Program, and the Overarching Funding Agency 326 Thursday, November 7, 9:45 AM to 11:15 AM
Panel Developing Evaluation Systems for the Performance of Basic Research Organizations 327 Thursday, November 7, 9:45 AM to 11:15 AM
MultiPaper Crossing the Digital Divide: Concept Mapping Experiences in Distance Evaluation 328 Thursday, November 7, 9:45 AM to 11:15 AM
Business Meeting TIG Business Meeting and Presentation: Presenting Your Results to Clients 329 Thursday, November 7, 9:45 AM to 11:15 AM
Panel The Evaluator Role in Times of Conflict and Crisis 330 Thursday, November 7, 9:45 AM to 11:15 AM
Panel Diverse Visions for Evaluation: Should We Integrate or Embrace Diversity? 331 Thursday, November 7, 9:45 AM to 11:15 AM
Panel Building Systems' Capacity to Use Evaluation for Program Assessment and Improvement 332 Thursday, November 7, 9:45 AM to 11:15 AM
Panel Emerging Systems Challenges for Evaluators: Exemplars Drawn from Science and Technology Education 333 Thursday, November 7, 9:45 AM to 11:15 AM
MultiPaper Challenges and Impacts of Long-term Residential Treatment of Pregnant and Parenting Women 334 Thursday, November 7, 9:45 AM to 11:15 AM
MultiPaper Evaluating Online Instruction: Perspectives of Teachers and Students 335 Thursday, November 7, 9:45 AM to 11:15 AM
MultiPaper Estimating Program Impacts 336 Thursday, November 7, 9:45 AM to 11:15 AM
Panel Empowerment Evaluation as a Catalyst for Systemic Change: A Comparison of Three Approaches to Training and Technical Assistance 337 Thursday, November 7, 9:45 AM to 11:15 AM
Panel Building Capacity for Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Educational Evaluation 338 Thursday, November 7, 9:45 AM to 11:15 AM
Skill-building Workshop Using an Event-based Approach to Evaluate the Performance of Organizational Knowledge Systems 339 Thursday, November 7, 9:45 AM to 11:15 AM
Roundtables Roundtables: Professional Practice 340 Thursday, November 7, 9:45 AM to 11:15 AM
Panel Pennsylvania Migrant Education Program: State and National Implications of a Plan for Evaluating a State-wide Migrant Education Program 341 Thursday, November 7, 9:45 AM to 11:15 AM
MultiPaper Evaluation in Social Service Agencies: Implications for Reform 342 Thursday, November 7, 9:45 AM to 11:15 AM
MultiPaper Methods Matter: Critical Reflection on the Application of Evaluation Methods Across Cultures 343 Thursday, November 7, 9:45 AM to 11:15 AM
Demonstration Evaluating Conceptual Agreement: A Pattern Matching Approach 344 Thursday, November 7, 9:45 AM to 11:15 AM
MultiPaper Understanding Student Learning and Achievement 345 Thursday, November 7, 9:45 AM to 11:15 AM
MultiPaper Measuring Fundamental Concepts: Severity and Functioning 346 Thursday, November 7, 9:45 AM to 11:15 AM
Panel The Comprehensive Indian Resources for Community and Law Enforcement (CIRCLE) Project Evaluation: Implementing a Participatory Evaluation In Indian Country 347 Thursday, November 7, 9:45 AM to 11:15 AM
Panel Facilitating Effective Systems Change: Underlying Theories for a Real World Application 349 Thursday, November 7, 11:25 AM to 12:55 PM
Think Tank The Art, Science and Craft of Evaluation Capacity Building: Conversations to Enhance the Recent New Directions Volume 350 Thursday, November 7, 11:25 AM to 12:55 PM
MultiPaper The Contextual Elements of Narrative and Power in Practice 351 Thursday, November 7, 11:25 AM to 12:55 PM
Business Meeting Current Thinking and Research on Evaluation Use 352 Thursday, November 7, 11:25 AM to 12:55 PM
Panel The Enron Scandal: Independent Consultants as Evaluators? 353 Thursday, November 7, 11:25 AM to 12:55 PM
Panel Assessing the Quality of Teaching in Higher Education: Issues of Validity and Quality from a  Paradigm Perspective 355 Thursday, November 7, 11:25 AM to 12:55 PM
Panel International Organization for Cooperation in Evaluation Panel 356 Thursday, November 7, 11:25 AM to 12:55 PM
MultiPaper Evaluating K-12 Professional Development 357 Thursday, November 7, 11:25 AM to 12:55 PM
Panel Substance Abuse Treatment and 36-month Outcomes: Three Analyses of the Chicago Target Cities Program 358 Thursday, November 7, 11:25 AM to 12:55 PM
Demonstration How Are We Doing?  District Evaluations of Technology's Impact on Teaching and Learning 359 Thursday, November 7, 11:25 AM to 12:55 PM
MultiPaper Strengthening Understanding of Program/Policy Impacts 360 Thursday, November 7, 11:25 AM to 12:55 PM
Panel Evaluating Comprehensive Community Initiatives (CCIs) in Low-income and Minority Areas: Lessons from the Front Line 361 Thursday, November 7, 11:25 AM to 12:55 PM
Panel Evaluating Violence Prevention Programs: Lessons Learned from Two Models of Capacity-building 362 Thursday, November 7, 11:25 AM to 12:55 PM
Panel Strategic Evaluation: An Imperative in Today's Organizations 363 Thursday, November 7, 11:25 AM to 12:55 PM
Roundtables Roundtables: Education II 364 Thursday, November 7, 11:25 AM to 12:55 PM
Panel Indigenous Ways of Knowing and Evaluation 365 Thursday, November 7, 11:25 AM to 12:55 PM
Panel International Issues and Approaches in Evaluation of Research and Technology Programs 366 Thursday, November 7, 11:25 AM to 12:55 PM
Panel How Will We Know When It's Done? Using Evaluative Tools to Inform Program Selection and Design: The Case of California Cooperative Extension 367 Thursday, November 7, 11:25 AM to 12:55 PM
MultiPaper Measuring Progress Toward Gender Equity 368 Thursday, November 7, 11:25 AM to 12:55 PM
MultiPaper Evaluating K-12 Programs that Support Student Learning 369 Thursday, November 7, 11:25 AM to 12:55 PM
MultiPaper Evaluating HIV Programs 370 Thursday, November 7, 11:25 AM to 12:55 PM
MultiPaper Developing and Using Evaluation Information Regarding Programs to Prevent and Treat Juvenile Delinquency in the Context of OJJDP Categorical Assistance and Formula Grants Programs 371 Thursday, November 7, 11:25 AM to 12:55 PM
Skill-building Workshop Systems Concepts, Systems Methods, And Evaluation Practice - An Exploration: Part One 374 Thursday, November 7, 1:40 PM to 3:10 PM
Panel The Changing Face of Evaluation Training:  A Global View 375 Thursday, November 7, 1:40 PM to 3:10 PM
Panel Linking Performance Measurement and Evaluation with the Policy Process 376 Thursday, November 7, 1:40 PM to 3:10 PM
MultiPaper Using Data and Management to Inform Systems Change 377 Thursday, November 7, 1:40 PM to 3:10 PM
Business Meeting TIG Business Meeting and Presentation: What Do We Mean When We Say Collaborative, Participatory, and Empowerment Evaluation? 378 Thursday, November 7, 1:40 PM to 3:10 PM
Panel The Conceptual Foundations for Emerging Standards of Good Practice Among Evaluators Working in Culturally Diverse Communities in the United States 379 Thursday, November 7, 1:40 PM to 3:10 PM
Panel To Grow or Not To Grow: Independent Consultant Evaluators Growing Small Businesses 380 Thursday, November 7, 1:40 PM to 3:10 PM
Panel The Impact of Specific Reforms in Needs Assessment, Training, and Reporting on the Design, Implementation and Impact of Private Voluntary Organization (PVO) Programs:  Africare, the American Red Cross (ARC), and Catholic Relief Services (CRS) 381 Thursday, November 7, 1:40 PM to 3:10 PM
Panel Evaluating Statewide Systemic Initiatives to Improve Mathematics Education 382 Thursday, November 7, 1:40 PM to 3:10 PM
MultiPaper Evaluating Substance Abuse and Violence Prevention 383 Thursday, November 7, 1:40 PM to 3:10 PM
Panel Evaluation From the Perspective of Three Generations of Evaluators 384 Thursday, November 7, 1:40 PM to 3:10 PM
Think Tank Incorporating LGBT Evaluators and LGBT Issues in AEA and Evaluation Practice 385 Thursday, November 7, 1:40 PM to 3:10 PM
MultiPaper Reforming Evaluation Practices in Foundations 386 Thursday, November 7, 1:40 PM to 3:10 PM
MultiPaper Creative Tools and Processes for Systems Level Evaluation in Organizations 387 Thursday, November 7, 1:40 PM to 3:10 PM
Roundtables Roundtables: Education I 388 Thursday, November 7, 1:40 PM to 3:10 PM
Think Tank Myth or Reality?  Recognizing and Overcoming Evaluands' Obstacles to Evaluation 390 Thursday, November 7, 1:40 PM to 3:10 PM
Panel National Evaluation Data Services: Maximizing the Investment of Substance Abuse Treatment Data 391 Thursday, November 7, 1:40 PM to 3:10 PM
Skill-building Workshop Online Evaluation of Proposals and Other Documents 392 Thursday, November 7, 1:40 PM to 3:10 PM
MultiPaper Evaluating Literacy Programs 393 Thursday, November 7, 1:40 PM to 3:10 PM
Panel Evaluating Early Head Start: A Federal Initiative to Enhance Evaluation by Supporting Research Partnerships 394 Thursday, November 7, 1:40 PM to 3:10 PM
MultiPaper Innovative Evaluations 395 Thursday, November 7, 1:40 PM to 3:10 PM
Panel The Storied Nature of Evaluation: A Conversation 397 Thursday, November 7, 3:20 PM to 4:50 PM
Panel You Can't Push a String: Using Performance and Evaluation Indicators to Develop Common Vision and Ownership of Objectives by Diverse Players in Complex Systems 398 Thursday, November 7, 3:20 PM to 4:50 PM
Business Meeting Business Meeting and Think Tank: Evaluating the Evaluator: Tools for Assessing Our Performance as Evaluation Professionals 399 Thursday, November 7, 3:20 PM to 4:50 PM
Panel Fighting Child Labor: How Evaluation Is Helping 400 Thursday, November 7, 3:20 PM to 4:50 PM
MultiPaper System-wide Reform in K-12 Mathematics and Science Education 401 Thursday, November 7, 3:20 PM to 4:50 PM
MultiPaper Innovative Approaches to Evaluating Substance Abuse Treatment Programs 402 Thursday, November 7, 3:20 PM to 4:50 PM
Panel Experimental and Quasi-experimental Design: The Making of Shadish, Cook and Campbell (2002) 403 Thursday, November 7, 3:20 PM to 4:50 PM
Panel Empowerment Evaluation: Principles, Conceptual Schema, and Practice 404 Thursday, November 7, 3:20 PM to 4:50 PM
Panel The Future for Non-profit and Foundation Evaluation: A Systemic Linkage of Program Evaluation and Organizational Development 405 Thursday, November 7, 3:20 PM to 4:50 PM
Panel The Federal Child and Family Services Review (CFSR):  Assessing Its Ability to Reform Child Welfare Systems 406 Thursday, November 7, 3:20 PM to 4:50 PM
Roundtables Roundtables: Presidential Strand 407 Thursday, November 7, 3:20 PM to 4:50 PM
Panel Evaluation: Value-added in Indian/Indigenous Communities 408 Thursday, November 7, 3:20 PM to 4:50 PM
MultiPaper Promoting Change in Organizations Through Evaluation 409 Thursday, November 7, 3:20 PM to 4:50 PM
Panel Informing Service Systems for Homeless Families: The Center for Mental Health Services and the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CMHS/CSAT) Homeless Families Initiative 410 Thursday, November 7, 3:20 PM to 4:50 PM
Business Meeting Computer Use in Evaluation TIG Business Meeting and Presentation: Obtaining Essential, Systemic Evaluation Data Using Geographic Information System and United States Census 2000 411 Thursday, November 7, 3:20 PM to 4:50 PM
MultiPaper K-12 Evaluation Tools and Methods 412 Thursday, November 7, 3:20 PM to 4:50 PM
Panel Cluster Evaluation Characteristics and Standards in a World of Systemic Change 413 Thursday, November 7, 3:20 PM to 4:50 PM
Panel Leveraging Change in Engineering Education Through Evaluation: Examples from the Field 414 Thursday, November 7, 3:20 PM to 4:50 PM
Business Meeting TIG Business Meeting and Presentation: Evaluation Activities of the Justice Research and Statistics Association and State Statistical Analysis Centers 416 Thursday, November 7, 5:00 PM to 6:00 PM
Business Meeting International and Cross-cultural Evaluation TIG Business Meeting 417 Thursday, November 7, 5:00 PM to 6:00 PM
Business Meeting Ramifications of ESEA Reauthorization for States and School Districts: PreK-12 Educational Evaluation Think Tank and Business Meeting 418 Thursday, November 7, 5:00 PM to 6:00 PM
Business Meeting Qualitative Methods TIG Business Meeting 419 Thursday, November 7, 5:00 PM to 6:00 PM
Business Meeting TIG Business Meeting and Presentation: The Natural Histories of Effective Interventions 420 Thursday, November 7, 5:00 PM to 6:00 PM
Business Meeting Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Issues TIG Business Meeting 421