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Session Title
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Golden is the Sand: Memory and Hope in Policy, Theory, and Practice
Wednesday, Nov 5, 3:15 PM to 4:15 PM
Centennial - D
An Evaluation Capacity Building Cafe: Conversations With 17 Evaluators
Wednesday, Nov 5, 4:30 PM to 6:00 PM
Centennial - A
Social Network Analysis for Evaluation of Institutional Culture
Wednesday, Nov 5, 4:30 PM to 6:00 PM
Centennial - B
A Portfolio of Federal Evaluation Policy Case Studies
Wednesday, Nov 5, 4:30 PM to 6:00 PM
Centennial - C
The Higher Education Assessment Agenda: Focusing on Student Learning Outcomes
Wednesday, Nov 5, 4:30 PM to 6:00 PM
Mineral - A
Creating a Culture of Process Improvement in the Human Services: South Carolina T.E.A.C.H. Project Experience
Wednesday, Nov 5, 4:30 PM to 6:00 PM
Mineral - B
Online Evaluation Resources: Knowledge Sharing for the Field
Wednesday, Nov 5, 4:30 PM to 6:00 PM
Mineral - C
Picture This: Using Images to Gather and Communicate Evaluation Data
Wednesday, Nov 5, 4:30 PM to 6:00 PM
Mineral - D
Evaluating the Impact of Spending: A Foundation Case Study in Performance Assessment
Wednesday, Nov 5, 4:30 PM to 6:00 PM
Mineral - E
Methods for Assessing Program Impacts on Student Performance
Wednesday, Nov 5, 4:30 PM to 6:00 PM
Mineral - F
Collaborating With Clients and Competitors in Education Evaluation
Wednesday, Nov 5, 4:30 PM to 6:00 PM
Mineral - G
Measuring Student Achievement: Issues and Implications for Educational Evaluation
Wednesday, Nov 5, 4:30 PM to 6:00 PM
Granite - A
Out of the Crossfire: Challenges in Evaluating a Hospital-based Violence Intervention Initiative
Wednesday, Nov 5, 4:30 PM to 6:00 PM
Granite - B
Formative Program Assessment: Practical Implications for 80,000 New Teachers in California
Wednesday, Nov 5, 4:30 PM to 6:00 PM
Granite - C
Roundtable Rotation I: The Impact of the Government Performance and Results Act (1993) on Accountability in Cooperative Extension Program Evaluation
Wednesday, Nov 5, 4:30 PM to 6:00 PM
Quartz - A
Roundtable Rotation I: The Consultant’s Conundrum: What if You are so Successful at Building Your Client’s Evaluation Capacity That You Build Yourself Out of a Job?
Wednesday, Nov 5, 4:30 PM to 6:00 PM
Quartz - B
Evaluating Health Programs: Voices and Perspectives From New and Experienced Evaluators
Wednesday, Nov 5, 4:30 PM to 6:00 PM
102 in CCC
Building a Bridge Between Evaluation and Public Policy Worlds
Wednesday, Nov 5, 4:30 PM to 6:00 PM
104 in CCC
Evaluating Private Sector Development in Developing Countries: Factoring in Risk and Multilateral Development Bank 'Additionality'
Wednesday, Nov 5, 4:30 PM to 6:00 PM
108 in CCC
Towards A Better PART: Re-analysis of Random Assignment National Evaluation of Upward Bound- Bayesian Techniques for Academic Competitiveness and SMART Grant Program; and Regression Discontinuity for Small Grants Evaluation
Wednesday, Nov 5, 4:30 PM to 6:00 PM
110 in CCC
Evaluating Public Health Research Centers: Assessing the Value-Added
Wednesday, Nov 5, 4:30 PM to 6:00 PM
112 in CCC
Design: Methods and Issues
Wednesday, Nov 5, 4:30 PM to 6:00 PM
103 in CCC
Moving From Ideas to Action: Measuring Foundation Impact
Wednesday, Nov 5, 4:30 PM to 6:00 PM
105 in CCC
Contrary to Expectations: When Evaluators have Bad News to Share
Wednesday, Nov 5, 4:30 PM to 6:00 PM
107 in CCC
New Evaluator "How-to-Session": Methods in Evaluation
Wednesday, Nov 5, 4:30 PM to 6:00 PM
109 in CCC
Habits of Mind: Promoting Evaluative Thinking
Wednesday, Nov 5, 4:30 PM to 6:00 PM
111 in CCC
Cultural Responsive Evaluation Leaders: Toward Transforming and Adapting Communities for Public Good
Wednesday, Nov 5, 4:30 PM to 6:00 PM
113 in CCC
Opening Reception and Poster Exhibition
Wednesday, Nov 5, 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM
Centennial - D
Evaluation Policy and Evaluation Practice
Thursday, Nov 6, 8:00 AM to 8:45 AM
Centennial - D
Revisiting the Criteria and Process for Evaluating AEA Conference Proposals and Presentations
Thursday, Nov 6, 9:15 AM to 10:45 AM
Capitol - 1
Intermediate Consulting Skills: A Self Help Fair
Thursday, Nov 6, 9:15 AM to 10:45 AM
Capitol - 2
Professional Designation for Evaluators in Canada: Where We Are Now
Thursday, Nov 6, 9:15 AM to 10:45 AM
Capitol - 3
The Future of Ethics in Program Evaluation
Thursday, Nov 6, 9:15 AM to 10:45 AM
Capitol - 4
Approaches to Evaluating Gender Equality
Thursday, Nov 6, 9:15 AM to 10:45 AM
Capitol - 5
Monitoring and Promoting LGBTQ Health Through Evaluation
Thursday, Nov 6, 9:15 AM to 10:45 AM
Capitol - 6
Challenging the Basics: The Relationship Between Evaluation Methods and Findings in Substance Abuse and Mental Health Studies
Thursday, Nov 6, 9:15 AM to 10:45 AM
Capitol - 7
Roundtable Rotation I: Evaluation in the Wild: The Challenges of Effectiveness Evaluations
Thursday, Nov 6, 9:15 AM to 10:45 AM
Limestone
Roundtable Rotation I: Garnering Grantee Buy-in on a National Cross-Site Evaluation: The Case of ConnectHIV
Thursday, Nov 6, 9:15 AM to 10:45 AM
Sandstone
Roundtable Rotation I: Evaluator Role in a Stakeholder Driven Community Assessment
Thursday, Nov 6, 9:15 AM to 10:45 AM
Marble
Building Evaluation Capacity Through Appreciative Inquiry and Participatory Methods
Thursday, Nov 6, 9:15 AM to 10:45 AM
Centennial - A
Linear and Logistic Regression for Program Evaluation
Thursday, Nov 6, 9:15 AM to 10:45 AM
Centennial - B
Moving Evaluation Policy and Practice Towards Cultural Responsiveness
Thursday, Nov 6, 9:15 AM to 10:45 AM
Centennial - C
What is Systems Thinking? The Ongoing Debate
Thursday, Nov 6, 9:15 AM to 10:45 AM
Centennial - D
How to Obtain Stakeholder Buy-In and Standardize Performance Measurements: Application of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Framework for Program Evaluation and Evaluation Standards
Thursday, Nov 6, 9:15 AM to 10:45 AM
Centennial - E
Examining Published Literature to Better Understand Evaluation Theory and Practice
Thursday, Nov 6, 9:15 AM to 10:45 AM
Centennial - F
Evaluation Methodologies Shaping Extension Education
Thursday, Nov 6, 9:15 AM to 10:45 AM
Centennial - G
Logic Models: Better Strategies for Great Results
Thursday, Nov 6, 9:15 AM to 10:45 AM
Centennial - H
Innovative Approaches to Practice and Policy Development
Thursday, Nov 6, 9:15 AM to 10:45 AM
Mineral - A
Quality Still Counts: Evaluation Policy and Practice in Human Services and Health Care
Thursday, Nov 6, 9:15 AM to 10:45 AM
Mineral - B
A Demonstration of Using High Technical Standards in Direct Observation: The Protocol for Assessing GK-12 Graduate Teaching Fellows' Presentation Skills
Thursday, Nov 6, 9:15 AM to 10:45 AM
Mineral - C
Using Systems Tools to Understand Multi-Site Program Evaluation
Thursday, Nov 6, 9:15 AM to 10:45 AM
Mineral - D
Building Evidence, Building Capacity: Compatibilities and Conflicts
Thursday, Nov 6, 9:15 AM to 10:45 AM
Mineral - E
Connecting the Dots: Methods and Issues in Assessment of Fidelity of Implementation in Education
Thursday, Nov 6, 9:15 AM to 10:45 AM
Mineral - F
Strengthening Communities Through the Use of Evaluation: Issues and Perspectives
Thursday, Nov 6, 9:15 AM to 10:45 AM
Mineral - G
Roundtable Rotation I: The Creation of a Learning Community in Youth Development
Thursday, Nov 6, 9:15 AM to 10:45 AM
Slate
Evaluating Competency-Based Curricula: Case Study in Undergraduate Medical Education
Thursday, Nov 6, 9:15 AM to 10:45 AM
Agate - B
What Does That Mean to You? Using Cognitive Interviewing to Improve Evaluation
Thursday, Nov 6, 9:15 AM to 10:45 AM
Agate - C
Instruments, Product, and Policy
Thursday, Nov 6, 9:15 AM to 10:45 AM
Granite - A
The Next Generation Rapid-Learning Health System: Combining Decision Support Tools, Organizational Decision Making, and Dissemination and Implementation Science to Improve Healthcare
Thursday, Nov 6, 9:15 AM to 10:45 AM
Granite - B
The Advantages of a Mixed Methods Approach
Thursday, Nov 6, 9:15 AM to 10:45 AM
Granite - C
Youth Participatory Evaluation: Reviewing the Status of the Field and Exploring Critical Questions for the Future
Thursday, Nov 6, 9:15 AM to 10:45 AM
Quartz - A
Roundtable Rotation I: Measuring Overall Quality of Life
Thursday, Nov 6, 9:15 AM to 10:45 AM
Quartz - B
Evaluation Practice And Policy in Evidence Based Programming for Older Adults in Colorado: Experience of the Consortium for Older Adult Wellness (COAW)
Thursday, Nov 6, 9:15 AM to 10:45 AM
102 in CCC
Evaluating Health Needs and Services for Special Populations
Thursday, Nov 6, 9:15 AM to 10:45 AM
104 in CCC
Evaluation Methods for Climate Mitigation Projects
Thursday, Nov 6, 9:15 AM to 10:45 AM
106 in CCC
Evaluating the Paris Declaration: A Joint Cross National Evaluation
Thursday, Nov 6, 9:15 AM to 10:45 AM
108 in CCC
The Impact of Networked Contexts on Federal-Level Performance Measurement: Results From a Multiple Case Study of Four Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Funded Programs
Thursday, Nov 6, 9:15 AM to 10:45 AM
110 in CCC
Moving Beyond Bibliometric Analysis: Emerging Evaluation Approaches at the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
Thursday, Nov 6, 9:15 AM to 10:45 AM
112 in CCC
Hierarchical Linear Modeling/Multi-Level Analysis
Thursday, Nov 6, 9:15 AM to 10:45 AM
103 in CCC
Three Ways Foundations Get Evaluation Done
Thursday, Nov 6, 9:15 AM to 10:45 AM
105 in CCC
Building Evaluation Capacity in Schools: Strategies for Fidelity
Thursday, Nov 6, 9:15 AM to 10:45 AM
107 in CCC
The Role of Organization/Institutional Context in Evaluation Use and Organizational Learning
Thursday, Nov 6, 9:15 AM to 10:45 AM
109 in CCC
Longitudinal Evaluation of a Professional Development Program: Lessons Learned
Thursday, Nov 6, 9:15 AM to 10:45 AM
111 in CCC
Research Methods in Multiethnic Evaluation
Thursday, Nov 6, 9:15 AM to 10:45 AM
113 in CCC
Strategies for Reconstructing Baseline Data
Thursday, Nov 6, 10:55 AM to 12:25 PM
Capitol - 1
Expanding the Independent Evaluator's Tool Box: First Forays Into Using Cost/Economic Data, Social Network Analysis, Reflective Assessment, and GIS Data
Thursday, Nov 6, 10:55 AM to 12:25 PM
Capitol - 3
Perspectives on Using Stakeholder Judgment in Evaluation
Thursday, Nov 6, 10:55 AM to 12:25 PM
Capitol - 4
Ethical Evaluation From Transformative, Transnational, and Public Interest Perspectives: An AEA Ethics Committee Panel Discussion
Thursday, Nov 6, 10:55 AM to 12:25 PM
Capitol - 5
Integrating Evaluation Education With Theory: A Practice-Based Approach
Thursday, Nov 6, 10:55 AM to 12:25 PM
Capitol - 6
Peeling Back the Layers From Policy to Practice: The Impact of National Measures on Local Substance Abuse Consumers
Thursday, Nov 6, 10:55 AM to 12:25 PM
Capitol - 7
Obtaining Parsimonious Data: Questions to Avoid Too Much Data
Thursday, Nov 6, 10:55 AM to 12:25 PM
Limestone
Roundtable Rotation I: Conducting Cost-Efficient Evaluations That Produce Credible Results
Thursday, Nov 6, 10:55 AM to 12:25 PM
Sandstone
Roundtable Rotation I: Evaluating Online Learning: Focus on Usability, Instructional Design and Adult Learning Theory
Thursday, Nov 6, 10:55 AM to 12:25 PM
Marble
Growing Evaluation Leaders
Thursday, Nov 6, 10:55 AM to 12:25 PM
Centennial - A
Quantitative Methods: Theory and Design TIG Business Meeting and Panel - Revisiting Validity: Implications for Theory, Practice, and Policy
Thursday, Nov 6, 10:55 AM to 12:25 PM
Centennial - B
Benchmarking the United States' Program Assessment Rating Tool: Looking Back at Federal Program's PART Experiences and Getting Glimpses of the Future of Federal Evaluation Policy
Thursday, Nov 6, 10:55 AM to 12:25 PM
Centennial - C
Using Developmental Evaluation in Complex Dynamic Systems
Thursday, Nov 6, 10:55 AM to 12:25 PM
Centennial - D
A Step-by-Step Model for Collaborative Evaluations
Thursday, Nov 6, 10:55 AM to 12:25 PM
Centennial - E
Interviews With Exemplary Evaluators: Evaluation in Action
Thursday, Nov 6, 10:55 AM to 12:25 PM
Centennial - F
Improving Youth Development Practice through Program Evaluation
Thursday, Nov 6, 10:55 AM to 12:25 PM
Centennial - G
Using Logic Models to Guide Program Implementation and Evaluation: Examples From the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Thursday, Nov 6, 10:55 AM to 12:25 PM
Centennial - H
Evaluation Practice and Policy in Social Service Systems
Thursday, Nov 6, 10:55 AM to 12:25 PM
Mineral - A
Describing Interventions and Measuring Permanency in National Child Welfare Demonstration Projects From Messy to 'Neat and Tidy' and back again
Thursday, Nov 6, 10:55 AM to 12:25 PM
Mineral - B
Unraveling the Participant Observer Interaction: 'Being There' More Than a Data Collection Method for Evaluators?
Thursday, Nov 6, 10:55 AM to 12:25 PM
Mineral - C
Using Multi-site Evaluation Methods to Improve HIV Prevention Programs and Increase Evaluation Capacity
Thursday, Nov 6, 10:55 AM to 12:25 PM
Mineral - D
Challenging Urban Education Philanthropy: Lessons Learned From the Development and Pilot Testing of Evaluation Tools for a Large Community Foundation
Thursday, Nov 6, 10:55 AM to 12:25 PM
Mineral - E
School Restructuring and Reform: Issues and Implications
Thursday, Nov 6, 10:55 AM to 12:25 PM
Mineral - F
Involving Stakeholders in Evaluations: Alternative Views
Thursday, Nov 6, 10:55 AM to 12:25 PM
Mineral - G
Roundtable Rotation I: Holding Hands and Not Stepping on Feet: How Evaluators and Foundations Can Work Together to Assist Grassroots and Community Organizations in Seeking Funding and Meeting Grant Requirements
Thursday, Nov 6, 10:55 AM to 12:25 PM
Slate
Needs Assessment Studies in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM): Instruments, Data, and a Retrospective Approach
Thursday, Nov 6, 10:55 AM to 12:25 PM
Agate - C
An Integrated, Comprehensive, and Standards-Based System of Educator Evaluation: The North Carolina Experience
Thursday, Nov 6, 10:55 AM to 12:25 PM
Granite - A
Evaluation of Novel Children's Health Insurance Programs in California: Balancing the Needs of Evaluators, Funding Agencies, and Program Directors
Thursday, Nov 6, 10:55 AM to 12:25 PM
Granite - B
Evaluating Customer Satisfaction: Polices and Practice of Customer Satisfaction Data in Public and Private Sector Organizations and on the Web
Thursday, Nov 6, 10:55 AM to 12:25 PM
Granite - C
Capacity Building to Promote Quality Prevention Programming: Teen Pregnancy Prevention Evaluation Guided by the Interactive Systems Framework
Thursday, Nov 6, 10:55 AM to 12:25 PM
Quartz - A
Monitoring and Evaluation Strategies to Improve National Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Prevention Programs
Thursday, Nov 6, 10:55 AM to 12:25 PM
102 in CCC
Using Pictorial Survey Methods in Program Evaluation to Reach Adults With Lower-Literacy Skills and Students in Special Education
Thursday, Nov 6, 10:55 AM to 12:25 PM
104 in CCC
Gauging the Impact of a National Literary Reading Initiative: The Goals, Challenges, and Findings of The Big Read Evaluation
Thursday, Nov 6, 10:55 AM to 12:25 PM
106 in CCC
Challenges in Evaluating Work of International Nongovernmental Organizations
Thursday, Nov 6, 10:55 AM to 12:25 PM
108 in CCC
Decolonized Evaluation in the Real World: Two Projects Walk the Talk in Native Hawaiian Communities
Thursday, Nov 6, 10:55 AM to 12:25 PM
110 in CCC
Bridging Gaps between basic and applied Research and Development and the 'Valley of Death'
Thursday, Nov 6, 10:55 AM to 12:25 PM
112 in CCC
Techno-babble: Evaluating Programs That Focus on Participant Use of Unique Technologies
Thursday, Nov 6, 10:55 AM to 12:25 PM
103 in CCC
Growth Charts: The Monitoring and Evaluation of Capacity Building Efforts
Thursday, Nov 6, 10:55 AM to 12:25 PM
105 in CCC
Improving Global Results: Getting the Most out of Evaluations of Global Partnership Programs - Through Intentional Planning, Policies, and Quality Standards
Thursday, Nov 6, 10:55 AM to 12:25 PM
107 in CCC
Evaluation Capacity: What it is and How to Grow it!
Thursday, Nov 6, 10:55 AM to 12:25 PM
109 in CCC
Addressing Complexity: Conducting Evaluation of a Comprehensive Math-Science Partnership (MSP)
Thursday, Nov 6, 10:55 AM to 12:25 PM
111 in CCC
Culturally Competent Organizations: What Are They and How Do You Measure Them?
Thursday, Nov 6, 10:55 AM to 12:25 PM
113 in CCC
American Evaluation Association Annual Business Meeting
Thursday, Nov 6, 12:35 PM to 1:30 PM
Centennial - A
AEA International Committee (IC) and the International Organization for Cooperation in Evaluation (IOCE) Forum on Promoting Partnerships With International Evaluation Groups
Thursday, Nov 6, 1:40 PM to 3:10 PM
Capitol - 2
Cost-Benefit Evidence and Systems Modeling Approaches From the Medical Center Training, Psych-Social Rehabilitation, and Permanent Supportive Housing Sectors
Thursday, Nov 6, 1:40 PM to 3:10 PM
Capitol - 3
Educational Evaluation in an Era of Globalization: New Tensions and Contradictions
Thursday, Nov 6, 1:40 PM to 3:10 PM
Capitol - 4
Public Issues Forum: Multiple Perspectives on the Politics of Evaluation
Thursday, Nov 6, 1:40 PM to 3:10 PM
Capitol - 5
Innovative Approaches to Teaching Evaluation in a University Setting
Thursday, Nov 6, 1:40 PM to 3:10 PM
Capitol - 6
Environmental Strategy Implementation Fidelity Assessment: Exploring the Continuum between Standardized Measures and Case-specific Methodology
Thursday, Nov 6, 1:40 PM to 3:10 PM
Capitol - 7
Roundtable Rotation I: Evaluation Methods and Experiences on Five Indian Reservations With the Federally Recognized Tribal Extension Program in Arizona and New Mexico
Thursday, Nov 6, 1:40 PM to 3:10 PM
Limestone
Roundtable Rotation I: Collaborative Evaluation Policy Development With a State Office of Minority Health
Thursday, Nov 6, 1:40 PM to 3:10 PM
Sandstone
Roundtable Rotation I: Translating Cultural Expertise Into Culturally-Specific Data Collection Tools: How to Increase the Evaluation Effectiveness of Community-Based Organizations
Thursday, Nov 6, 1:40 PM to 3:10 PM
Marble
The Essence of Evaluation Capacity Building: Conceptualization, Application, and Measurement
Thursday, Nov 6, 1:40 PM to 3:10 PM
Centennial - A
Generalizability Theory in Analysis of Survey Data
Thursday, Nov 6, 1:40 PM to 3:10 PM
Centennial - B
Evaluation of Adult Science Media: Retrospect and Prospect
Thursday, Nov 6, 1:40 PM to 3:10 PM
Centennial - C
Tools and Methods for Evaluating Under Conditions of Complexity
Thursday, Nov 6, 1:40 PM to 3:10 PM
Centennial - D
How to Write an Evaluation Plan: A Step-by-Step Guide for New Evaluators
Thursday, Nov 6, 1:40 PM to 3:10 PM
Centennial - E
Research on Evaluation Influence and System Change Efforts
Thursday, Nov 6, 1:40 PM to 3:10 PM
Centennial - F
Photography Enhances Evaluation Processes and the Study's Usability
Thursday, Nov 6, 1:40 PM to 3:10 PM
Centennial - G
Program Theory and Theory Driven Evaluation TIG Business Meeting and Presentation: How Foundations Use Program Theory to Improve Policy
Thursday, Nov 6, 1:40 PM to 3:10 PM
Centennial - H
Program-Level Evaluation in Medical and Health Science Education: Policies, Practices, and Designs
Thursday, Nov 6, 1:40 PM to 3:10 PM
Mineral - A
Evaluating Programs for Older Adults: Exploring Challenges and Lessons Learned in this New Frontier
Thursday, Nov 6, 1:40 PM to 3:10 PM
Mineral - B
Evaluating the Impact of Using a Human Rights Framework to Engender Social Change
Thursday, Nov 6, 1:40 PM to 3:10 PM
Mineral - C
At the Intersection of Policy and Practice in Multisite Evaluation: Perspectives From Three Different Fields
Thursday, Nov 6, 1:40 PM to 3:10 PM
Mineral - D
Sailing the 7 C's of Social Change: A Framework for Evaluating Social Change and Systems Change Initiatives
Thursday, Nov 6, 1:40 PM to 3:10 PM
Mineral - E
Collaboration to Build Evaluation Capacity and Engage Educational Stakeholders
Thursday, Nov 6, 1:40 PM to 3:10 PM
Mineral - F
Engaging Participants in the Evaluation Process: A Participatory Approach
Thursday, Nov 6, 1:40 PM to 3:10 PM
Mineral - G
Roundtable Rotation I: Emergent Thoughts on Using Systems Concepts to Evaluate the Emergent Phenomena of Collaboration Development
Thursday, Nov 6, 1:40 PM to 3:10 PM
Slate
State Policy and Arts Assessment System
Thursday, Nov 6, 1:40 PM to 3:10 PM
Agate - B
Evaluation For Improving Occupational Safety: Examples From a Federally Funded Government-Industry Cooperative Program
Thursday, Nov 6, 1:40 PM to 3:10 PM
Agate - C
Can Evaluation Policy and Practice Serve Rural Schools?
Thursday, Nov 6, 1:40 PM to 3:10 PM
Granite - A
Comparing Mixed-mode Methods for Comprehensive Community Health Surveys
Thursday, Nov 6, 1:40 PM to 3:10 PM
Granite - B
Humanitarian Response Index: Accountability, Transparency and Quality
Thursday, Nov 6, 1:40 PM to 3:10 PM
Granite - C
Moving From Participatory Evaluation to Participatory Implementation: Strategies to Move Policy Makers to Action
Thursday, Nov 6, 1:40 PM to 3:10 PM
Quartz - A
Roundtable Rotation I: Q Methodology: Something to Add to the Evaluator Toolbox
Thursday, Nov 6, 1:40 PM to 3:10 PM
Quartz - B
Tools in Developing Evaluation Design
Thursday, Nov 6, 1:40 PM to 3:10 PM
102 in CCC
Research or Evaluation? Responding to Federal Education Research Requests for Proposals
Thursday, Nov 6, 1:40 PM to 3:10 PM
104 in CCC
Challenges to Measuring Environmental Program Behaviors, Performances, and Outcomes
Thursday, Nov 6, 1:40 PM to 3:10 PM
106 in CCC
An AEA Membership Committee Report: Examining AEA's Topical Interest Group (TIG) Structure - What Works, What Changes Are Needed
Thursday, Nov 6, 1:40 PM to 3:10 PM
108 in CCC
Risks and Rewards of Conducting Politically Sensitive and Highly Visible Evaluations
Thursday, Nov 6, 1:40 PM to 3:10 PM
110 in CCC
Evaluation Use for Strategic Management in Environmental and Public Health Organizations
Thursday, Nov 6, 1:40 PM to 3:10 PM
112 in CCC
Retention in a Longitudinal Outcome Study: Modeling Techniques and Practical Implications
Thursday, Nov 6, 1:40 PM to 3:10 PM
103 in CCC
Show Me the Evidence: Evidence-Based Practice in Non-Profits
Thursday, Nov 6, 1:40 PM to 3:10 PM
105 in CCC
How Evaluation Results are Used by Policy Makers in the US and Internationally
Thursday, Nov 6, 1:40 PM to 3:10 PM
107 in CCC
Evaluation Capacity Building and the Nonprofit
Thursday, Nov 6, 1:40 PM to 3:10 PM
109 in CCC
Frameworks for Evaluation Teacher Professional Development: Implementation, Outcomes, and Impact
Thursday, Nov 6, 1:40 PM to 3:10 PM
111 in CCC
New Tools for Old Methods: Using Technology for Evaluation Methodology and Technical Assistance
Thursday, Nov 6, 1:40 PM to 3:10 PM
113 in CCC
Capacity Mapping Initiative: Evaluating Organizational Growth in the Former Soviet Union
Thursday, Nov 6, 3:35 PM to 4:20 PM
Capitol - 1
Music to My Ears: Alternative Approaches for Presenting Evaluation Findings
Thursday, Nov 6, 3:35 PM to 4:20 PM
Capitol - 3
Leadership Recruitment and the Road to the American Evaluation Association Board of Directors
Thursday, Nov 6, 3:35 PM to 4:20 PM
Capitol - 4
Introduction to Evaluation and Public Policy
Thursday, Nov 6, 3:35 PM to 4:20 PM
Capitol - 5
Behind the Scenes in AEA: The Process of Conducting the AEA Internal Scan
Thursday, Nov 6, 3:35 PM to 4:20 PM
Capitol - 6
Alcohol, Drug Abuse and Mental Health TIG Business Meeting
Thursday, Nov 6, 3:35 PM to 4:20 PM
Capitol - 7
Using Coaching Techniques in Logic Model Development to Help Clients Think Clearly
Thursday, Nov 6, 3:35 PM to 4:20 PM
Limestone
Extension Volunteers as Program Evaluators: Extension Evaluation Capacity
Thursday, Nov 6, 3:35 PM to 4:20 PM
Sandstone
Evaluating Customer Purchasing Behavior of Compact Fluorescent Light Bulbs
Thursday, Nov 6, 3:35 PM to 4:20 PM
Marble
Measuring the Effects of Organizational Capacity Building in Israeli Social Change Nonprofits
Thursday, Nov 6, 3:35 PM to 4:20 PM
Centennial - A
Summative Confidence: The Mathematical Algorithm
Thursday, Nov 6, 3:35 PM to 4:20 PM
Centennial - B
Reflections About New Research on University-based Evaluation Training Programs: Implications for Policy and Practice
Thursday, Nov 6, 3:35 PM to 4:20 PM
Centennial - C
Evaluating in the Face of Uncertainty: Anticipation and Agility to Improve Evaluation Quality
Thursday, Nov 6, 3:35 PM to 4:20 PM
Centennial - D
Teaching Evaluation: Building Skills in Both Evaluators and Stakeholders
Thursday, Nov 6, 3:35 PM to 4:20 PM
Centennial - E
Research on Evaluation TIG Business Meeting
Thursday, Nov 6, 3:35 PM to 4:20 PM
Centennial - F
Using Internet-Based Enumeration Surveys to Collect Post-Training Implementation Data
Thursday, Nov 6, 3:35 PM to 4:20 PM
Centennial - G
Informing Policy Actions With Cost/Benefit Evaluation Synthesis
Thursday, Nov 6, 3:35 PM to 4:20 PM
Centennial - H
Collaborating With Information Technology Personnel: How Technology Can Improve Evaluation Designs
Thursday, Nov 6, 3:35 PM to 4:20 PM
Mineral - A
Foundations for Evaluating Staff Development: Principles into Practice
Thursday, Nov 6, 3:35 PM to 4:20 PM
Mineral - B
Striving for Alignment: One Funder's Lessons in Supporting Advocacy
Thursday, Nov 6, 3:35 PM to 4:20 PM
Mineral - C
Three Essential C's of Data Collection: Collaboration, Coordination, and Communication in a Multi-Site Evaluation
Thursday, Nov 6, 3:35 PM to 4:20 PM
Mineral - D
Evaluation Managers and Supervisors TIG Business Meeting and Presentation: Managing Evaluation: Mediating Evaluation Policy and Evaluation Practice
Thursday, Nov 6, 3:35 PM to 4:20 PM
Mineral - E
Pretty Data: Building a Data-Engaged Culture through User-Friendly Electronic Charting Tools
Thursday, Nov 6, 3:35 PM to 4:20 PM
Mineral - F
Innovative Approaches to Engaging Residents in all Phases of a Participatory Action Research Project
Thursday, Nov 6, 3:35 PM to 4:20 PM
Mineral - G
Evaluation of the Life Stories Outreach Program
Thursday, Nov 6, 3:35 PM to 4:20 PM
Slate
Complex Challenges in Evaluating Advocacy: Internal Governance Structures and Public Policy Dispute Resolutions
Thursday, Nov 6, 3:35 PM to 4:20 PM
Agate - B
Evaluating Community Policing at the Local Level
Thursday, Nov 6, 3:35 PM to 4:20 PM
Granite - A
Mass Media Health Campaign Evaluations
Thursday, Nov 6, 3:35 PM to 4:20 PM
Granite - B
New Tools for Analyzing Satisfaction Surveys
Thursday, Nov 6, 3:35 PM to 4:20 PM
Granite - C
Using Participatory Evaluation to Help Parents Redefine Success for Students and Schools
Thursday, Nov 6, 3:35 PM to 4:20 PM
Quartz - A
Modeling up: The Application of Logic Modeling to Strategic Evaluation Planning
Thursday, Nov 6, 3:35 PM to 4:20 PM
Quartz - B
Adapting Qualitative Techniques to Enhance Your Quantitative Evaluations of Community Based Health Interventions
Thursday, Nov 6, 3:35 PM to 4:20 PM
102 in CCC
Using Program Evaluation to Make Curricula Resource Decisions
Thursday, Nov 6, 3:35 PM to 4:20 PM
104 in CCC
Improving the Collection, Analysis, and Reporting of Survey Data
Thursday, Nov 6, 3:35 PM to 4:20 PM
106 in CCC
Evaluation in Countries Affected by Conflict
Thursday, Nov 6, 3:35 PM to 4:20 PM
108 in CCC
Evaluation Policy: Current Issues, Potential Impacts, and Future Directions
Thursday, Nov 6, 3:35 PM to 4:20 PM
110 in CCC
Discussing Approaches to Evaluating a Multifocused Suite of Energy Programs at Natural Resources Canada
Thursday, Nov 6, 3:35 PM to 4:20 PM
112 in CCC
Social and Neural Networks
Thursday, Nov 6, 3:35 PM to 4:20 PM
103 in CCC
Real-Time Evaluation in Real Life
Thursday, Nov 6, 3:35 PM to 4:20 PM
105 in CCC
Issues in Multisite, Multilevel Evaluations of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Education Programs
Thursday, Nov 6, 3:35 PM to 4:20 PM
107 in CCC
Leveraging Technology to Support Current Student and Reach Alumni
Thursday, Nov 6, 3:35 PM to 4:20 PM
113 in CCC
Applications of Evaluation Approaches to Natural Systems Management
Thursday, Nov 6, 4:30 PM to 6:00 PM
Capitol - 1
International and Cross-Cultural TIG Business Meeting and Presentation: Incorporating an International and Cross-Cultural Perspective in Setting Evaluation Priorities
Thursday, Nov 6, 4:30 PM to 6:00 PM
Capitol - 2
Lessons Learned From Multi-Site Cost Studies: What to do for, and How to Cope With Resistance to, Cost-Inclusive Evaluation
Thursday, Nov 6, 4:30 PM to 6:00 PM
Capitol - 3
Advancing External Validity in Program Evaluation
Thursday, Nov 6, 4:30 PM to 6:00 PM
Capitol - 4
The American Evaluation Association, Diversity Committee Asa G Hilliard Think Tank
Thursday, Nov 6, 4:30 PM to 6:00 PM
Capitol - 5
How Can We Enhance University-Based Evaluation Programs to Expand Evaluation Literacy (Knowledge of Evaluation)?
Thursday, Nov 6, 4:30 PM to 6:00 PM
Capitol - 6
Effectively Evaluating Community Impacts of a Statewide Tobacco Prevention and Control Program, Implemented amid Frequent Changes in Funding, Programming, and Staff
Thursday, Nov 6, 4:30 PM to 6:00 PM
Capitol - 7
Roundtable Rotation I: Examining Parent Perspectives on Parent-Teacher Communication in Secondary Urban Schools
Thursday, Nov 6, 4:30 PM to 6:00 PM
Limestone
Roundtable Rotation I: Strategies for Conducting Evaluation With Hard-to-Find, Traumatized, and Vulnerable Populations
Thursday, Nov 6, 4:30 PM to 6:00 PM
Sandstone
Roundtable Rotation I: Methodological Issues In Evaluation of Educational Programs Utilizing Student Level Data
Thursday, Nov 6, 4:30 PM to 6:00 PM
Marble
A Community of Practice Approach to Evaluation Capacity Building
Thursday, Nov 6, 4:30 PM to 6:00 PM
Centennial - A
Evaluation Policy in Operation: A Case Study of the New York City Center for Economic Opportunity
Thursday, Nov 6, 4:30 PM to 6:00 PM
Centennial - B
Evaluation Policy in the Environmental Field: Are We in an Age of Slow Growth, Rapid Transformation or Running in Place?
Thursday, Nov 6, 4:30 PM to 6:00 PM
Centennial - C
What difference does it make? Systems Approaches to Evaluation
Thursday, Nov 6, 4:30 PM to 6:00 PM
Centennial - D
New Developments in Collaborative, Participatory, and Empowerment Evaluation
Thursday, Nov 6, 4:30 PM to 6:00 PM
Centennial - E
Federal Evaluation Policy: Impact on Funding Priorities, Evaluation Research and Practice for Broadening Participation in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM)
Thursday, Nov 6, 4:30 PM to 6:00 PM
Centennial - F
Participatory Evaluation With Youth Through Community Forums: A Demonstration of a Youth-Adult Training Curriculum
Thursday, Nov 6, 4:30 PM to 6:00 PM
Centennial - G
Program-Level Evaluations in Higher Education: Expanding Practices and Policy
Thursday, Nov 6, 4:30 PM to 6:00 PM
Mineral - A
Diverse Approaches and Methods in Human Services Evaluation
Thursday, Nov 6, 4:30 PM to 6:00 PM
Mineral - B
Practical Guidance and Tools for Advocacy Evaluation
Thursday, Nov 6, 4:30 PM to 6:00 PM
Mineral - C
More Bang for the Buck: Getting the Most From a Statewide Evaluation of Programs for At-Risk Students
Thursday, Nov 6, 4:30 PM to 6:00 PM
Mineral - D
Evaluation Meets Management: What Every Evaluator Should Know About His or Her Role in Performance Measurement - Examples From the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Thursday, Nov 6, 4:30 PM to 6:00 PM
Mineral - E
Evaluating Afterschool Programs: Issues of Policy and Practice
Thursday, Nov 6, 4:30 PM to 6:00 PM
Mineral - F
Ethics and Qualitative Evaluation Methods: A Complex Intersection
Thursday, Nov 6, 4:30 PM to 6:00 PM
Mineral - G
Nontrivial Pursuits: Can We Use Games for Serious Work?
Thursday, Nov 6, 4:30 PM to 6:00 PM
Slate
Building Policy and Practice in the Arts
Thursday, Nov 6, 4:30 PM to 6:00 PM
Agate - B
Multi-Level Models for Evaluating Training and Knowledge Management
Thursday, Nov 6, 4:30 PM to 6:00 PM
Agate - C
Evaluation Research at the National Institute of Justice
Thursday, Nov 6, 4:30 PM to 6:00 PM
Granite - A
Perspectives on the Evaluation of a College and School District Partnership for Urban Teacher Preparation
Thursday, Nov 6, 4:30 PM to 6:00 PM
Granite - B
Approaches for Assessing Emergency Preparedness: Performance Indicators, Evaluator Technique Alignment, and Modeling Personal Behavior Change
Thursday, Nov 6, 4:30 PM to 6:00 PM
Granite - C
Determining What is Critical in the Program Evaluation of A Multi-Site College Access Program
Thursday, Nov 6, 4:30 PM to 6:00 PM
Quartz - A
Roundtable Rotation I: Organizational Characteristics That Support Meaningful Monitoring and Evaluation Functions
Thursday, Nov 6, 4:30 PM to 6:00 PM
Quartz - B
Health Evaluation TIG Business Meeting and Multipaper Session: Accounting for Differential Implementation in Evaluations of Multi-Site Community Initiatives
Thursday, Nov 6, 4:30 PM to 6:00 PM
102 in CCC
Data Collection Challenges With Populations Having Low-Literacy and Disabilities
Thursday, Nov 6, 4:30 PM to 6:00 PM
104 in CCC
Advances in Propensity Score Research: Improving Methods to Reduce Bias in Quasi-Experiments
Thursday, Nov 6, 4:30 PM to 6:00 PM
106 in CCC
Theory-Based Evaluation and Cultural Contexts
Thursday, Nov 6, 4:30 PM to 6:00 PM
108 in CCC
Research and Development Challenges to Meeting Government Performance Requirements
Thursday, Nov 6, 4:30 PM to 6:00 PM
110 in CCC
The New Era of Performance Evaluation in Korean Evaluation System
Thursday, Nov 6, 4:30 PM to 6:00 PM
112 in CCC
Structural Equation Modeling: Applications and Issues
Thursday, Nov 6, 4:30 PM to 6:00 PM
103 in CCC
TIG Business Meeting and Think Tank: The Role of the Nonprofit and Foundations TIG as a Forum for Dialogue Among the Membership and AEA as well as Nonprofits and Funders
Thursday, Nov 6, 4:30 PM to 6:00 PM
105 in CCC
The Impact of Quality Assurance and Evaluation; Stakeholder Perceptions
Thursday, Nov 6, 4:30 PM to 6:00 PM
107 in CCC
Methods and Models in Evaluating Educational Technology
Thursday, Nov 6, 4:30 PM to 6:00 PM
109 in CCC
Measuring Cultural Issues in Multiethnic Evaluations
Thursday, Nov 6, 4:30 PM to 6:00 PM
111 in CCC
Drawing Logic Models Using DoView - Logic Model and Evaluation Planning Software
Thursday, Nov 6, 4:30 PM to 6:00 PM
113 in CCC
Environmental Program Evaluation TIG Business Meeting
Thursday, Nov 6, 6:10 PM to 7:00 PM
Capitol - 1
Independent Consulting TIG Business Meeting
Thursday, Nov 6, 6:10 PM to 7:00 PM
Capitol - 2
Costs, Effectiveness, Benefits, and Economics TIG Business Meeting
Thursday, Nov 6, 6:10 PM to 7:00 PM
Capitol - 3
Theories of Evaluation TIG Business Meeting
Thursday, Nov 6, 6:10 PM to 7:00 PM
Capitol - 4
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) Issues TIG Business Meeting and Presentation: Evaluation Policy and Practice for LGBT Issues and People
Thursday, Nov 6, 6:10 PM to 7:00 PM
Capitol - 5
Teaching of Evaluation TIG Business Meeting and Idea Exchange
Thursday, Nov 6, 6:10 PM to 7:00 PM
Capitol - 6
Feminist Issues in Evaluation TIG Business Meeting
Thursday, Nov 6, 6:10 PM to 7:00 PM
Capitol - 7
Distance Education and Other Educational Technologies TIG Business Meeting
Thursday, Nov 6, 6:10 PM to 7:00 PM
Limestone
Business and Industry TIG Business Meeting
Thursday, Nov 6, 6:10 PM to 7:00 PM
Sandstone
Graduate Student and New Evaluators TIG Business Meeting
Thursday, Nov 6, 6:10 PM to 7:00 PM
Centennial - B
Organizational Learning and Evaluation Capacity Building TIG Business Meeting
Thursday, Nov 6, 6:10 PM to 7:00 PM
Centennial - C
Systems in Evaluation TIG Business Meeting
Thursday, Nov 6, 6:10 PM to 7:00 PM
Centennial - D
Collaborative, Participatory and Empowerment Evaluation TIG Business Meeting
Thursday, Nov 6, 6:10 PM to 7:00 PM
Centennial - E
Multiethnic Issues in Evaluation TIG Business Meeting
Thursday, Nov 6, 6:10 PM to 7:00 PM
Centennial - F
Extension Education Evaluation TIG Business Meeting
Thursday, Nov 6, 6:10 PM to 7:00 PM
Centennial - G
Research, Technology, and Development Evaluation TIG Business Meeting
Thursday, Nov 6, 6:10 PM to 7:00 PM
Centennial - H
Assessment in Higher Education TIG Business Meeting and Presentations: The Commitment to Diversity in Higher Education Assessment and Evaluation
Thursday, Nov 6, 6:10 PM to 7:00 PM
Mineral - A
Human Services TIG Business Meeting
Thursday, Nov 6, 6:10 PM to 7:00 PM
Mineral - B
Advocacy and Policy Change TIG Business Meeting
Thursday, Nov 6, 6:10 PM to 7:00 PM
Mineral - C
Cluster, Multi-site and Multi-Level Evaluation TIG Business Meeting
Thursday, Nov 6, 6:10 PM to 7:00 PM
Mineral - D
Social Work TIG Business Meeting
Thursday, Nov 6, 6:10 PM to 7:00 PM
Mineral - E
PreK-12 Educational Evaluation TIG Business Meeting
Thursday, Nov 6, 6:10 PM to 7:00 PM
Mineral - F
Qualitative Methods TIG Business Meeting
Thursday, Nov 6, 6:10 PM to 7:00 PM
Mineral - G
Evaluating the Arts and Culture TIG Business Meeting
Thursday, Nov 6, 6:10 PM to 7:00 PM
Agate - B
Crime and Justice TIG Business Meeting and Presentation: Evaluations of Recidivism Reduction Programs
Thursday, Nov 6, 6:10 PM to 7:00 PM
Granite - A
Needs Assessment TIG Business Meeting
Thursday, Nov 6, 6:10 PM to 7:00 PM
Granite - B
Disaster and Emergency Management Evaluation TIG Business Meeting and Presentation: Reflections on Real World Evaluation for Large Scale Disaster Relief and Recovery Programs in the International Context
Thursday, Nov 6, 6:10 PM to 7:00 PM
Granite - C
College Access Programs TIG Business Meeting
Thursday, Nov 6, 6:10 PM to 7:00 PM
Quartz - A
Evaluation Use TIG Business Meeting and Presentation: Theory Into Practice: A Dialog on Utilization-Focused Evaluation
Friday, Nov 7, 7:00 AM to 7:50 AM
Centennial - A
Integrating Technology Into Evaluation TIG Business Meeting
Friday, Nov 7, 7:00 AM to 7:50 AM
Mineral - A
Special Needs Populations TIG Business Meeting
Friday, Nov 7, 7:00 AM to 7:50 AM
Agate - C
Through a Glass Darkly: European Reflections on Evaluation Policy and Practice
Friday, Nov 7, 8:00 AM to 8:45 AM
Centennial - D
Evaluation Policy in the Changing United States Government Foreign Assistance Community
Friday, Nov 7, 9:15 AM to 10:45 AM
Capitol - 1
Communicating With Clients: An interactive demonstration of Do's and Don'ts for Evaluators
Friday, Nov 7, 9:15 AM to 10:45 AM
Capitol - 2
Policy and Practice Implications of a Multi-faceted Approach to Building Evaluation Capacity in Community Colleges
Friday, Nov 7, 9:15 AM to 10:45 AM
Capitol - 3
Shaping Policy and Practice: Evaluative Contributions to the delivery of Education Technology and Professional Development in Jordan
Friday, Nov 7, 9:15 AM to 10:45 AM
Capitol - 4
The AEA Town Hall Meeting: Internal Scan Findings, Policy Governance, Actions, and Next Steps
Friday, Nov 7, 9:15 AM to 10:45 AM
Capitol - 5
The Science and Art of Creating Evaluation Standards That Stand the Test
Friday, Nov 7, 9:15 AM to 10:45 AM
Capitol - 6
Use of Indicators, Screeners, and Scaling Methods in Substance Use and Mental Health Evaluations
Friday, Nov 7, 9:15 AM to 10:45 AM
Capitol - 7
Roundtable Rotation I: Blogging to the Beat of a New Drum: The Use of Blogs and Web Analytics in Evaluation
Friday, Nov 7, 9:15 AM to 10:45 AM
Limestone
Roundtable Rotation I: Painting a Picture of Evaluating Trainee Needs: Content and Experience With Training Methodologies
Friday, Nov 7, 9:15 AM to 10:45 AM
Sandstone
Roundtable Rotation I: Measuring Changes in Teachers’ Mathematical Conceptual Understanding for Evaluation of Math-Science Partnership Professional Development Effectiveness
Friday, Nov 7, 9:15 AM to 10:45 AM
Marble
Innovation, Complex Research Teams and Problems of Integration: The Missing Link
Friday, Nov 7, 9:15 AM to 10:45 AM
Centennial - A
Core Quantitative Issues: New Developments in Outcome Measures
Friday, Nov 7, 9:15 AM to 10:45 AM
Centennial - B
Funder Evaluation Policy: Setting the Stage for Evaluation Practice and Use
Friday, Nov 7, 9:15 AM to 10:45 AM
Centennial - C
Methodology and Tools for Assessing the Quality of Evidence
Friday, Nov 7, 9:15 AM to 10:45 AM
Centennial - F
Excellence in Extension Evaluation: Views From Extension Education Evaluation Topical Interest Group Award Winners
Friday, Nov 7, 9:15 AM to 10:45 AM
Centennial - G
'Expected Value of Perfect Information' in Health Economic Evaluation
Friday, Nov 7, 9:15 AM to 10:45 AM
Centennial - H
Case Studies in Evaluation: United States Federal Agencies - Part 1
Friday, Nov 7, 9:15 AM to 10:45 AM
Mineral - A
A Non-Technical Introduction to Analysis of Variance and Linear Regression
Friday, Nov 7, 9:15 AM to 10:45 AM
Mineral - B
Community Organizing Evaluation: Crossing the Next Frontier
Friday, Nov 7, 9:15 AM to 10:45 AM
Mineral - C
Services, Quality, and Outcomes in Mental Health and Substance Use Evaluations
Friday, Nov 7, 9:15 AM to 10:45 AM
Mineral - D
Non-Profit Evaluation: Methods, Policies, and Practices
Friday, Nov 7, 9:15 AM to 10:45 AM
Mineral - E
It's About the Relationship! Crosscutting Organizational policies That support Program Evaluation and Institutional Learning in Social Services.
Friday, Nov 7, 9:15 AM to 10:45 AM
Mineral - F
Collaborative Evaluations: Successes, Challenges, and Lessons Learned
Friday, Nov 7, 9:15 AM to 10:45 AM
Mineral - G
Roundtable Rotation I: Issues, Challenges and Solutions of Evaluating International Scholars/Participants Training in the United States
Friday, Nov 7, 9:15 AM to 10:45 AM
Slate
Conducting Evaluation With a Focus on Stakeholders
Friday, Nov 7, 9:15 AM to 10:45 AM
Agate - B
Evaluation Policy and Practice: Its Impact on African American Women's Sexual and Reproductive Health
Friday, Nov 7, 9:15 AM to 10:45 AM
Agate - C
Evaluating Early Childhood Programs: Methodological Challenges and Lessons Learned
Friday, Nov 7, 9:15 AM to 10:45 AM
Granite - A
HIV/AIDS Prevention at the Community Level: Innovative Evaluation Approaches
Friday, Nov 7, 9:15 AM to 10:45 AM
Granite - B
Evaluation Apprenticeship: Teaching Evaluation by Doing
Friday, Nov 7, 9:15 AM to 10:45 AM
Granite - C
Evaluation: What Stakeholders Don't Know Can Hurt Evaluation
Friday, Nov 7, 9:15 AM to 10:45 AM
Quartz - A
Portfolio Planning and Evaluation: Advancing Knowledge and Practice
Friday, Nov 7, 9:15 AM to 10:45 AM
Quartz - B
Reviving the Evaluability Assessment (EA) Method: EAs of Interventions to Prevent Childhood Obesity
Friday, Nov 7, 9:15 AM to 10:45 AM
102 in CCC
Evaluation Policy and Training Evaluation in Child Welfare
Friday, Nov 7, 9:15 AM to 10:45 AM
104 in CCC
Evaluating Programs in Times of Complexity and Chaos
Friday, Nov 7, 9:15 AM to 10:45 AM
106 in CCC
Evaluation Strategies and Assessment in the Arts
Friday, Nov 7, 9:15 AM to 10:45 AM
108 in CCC
Modeling the Logic and Measuring the Performance of Government Programs
Friday, Nov 7, 9:15 AM to 10:45 AM
110 in CCC
Alternative Approaches to Strategic Management and Ex Ante Assessment of Portfolios of Research Programs
Friday, Nov 7, 9:15 AM to 10:45 AM
112 in CCC
Process Use-Methods and Measures
Friday, Nov 7, 9:15 AM to 10:45 AM
105 in CCC
Communities in Schools (CIS) Evaluations
Friday, Nov 7, 9:15 AM to 10:45 AM
107 in CCC
Strengthening Effective Implementation of Evidence-Based Interventions through Innovative Evaluation Tools and Approaches
Friday, Nov 7, 9:15 AM to 10:45 AM
109 in CCC
The Challenges of Conducting Experimental and Quasi-Experimental Small-Budget Evaluations of Teacher Professional Development Programs: The Case of Teaching American History Grants
Friday, Nov 7, 9:15 AM to 10:45 AM
111 in CCC
Evaluation Planning Incorporating Context (EPIC): A Model and Case Examples of Practice
Friday, Nov 7, 9:15 AM to 10:45 AM
113 in CCC
Impact Evaluation and Development: Debates and the new International Architecture for Impact Evaluation
Friday, Nov 7, 10:55 AM to 11:40 AM
Capitol - 1
College Access Programs: Evaluation Issues and Solution From Three Access Programs
Friday, Nov 7, 10:55 AM to 11:40 AM
Capitol - 2
Integrating Evaluation into Program Design
Friday, Nov 7, 10:55 AM to 11:40 AM
Capitol - 3
Evaluating Health Communication and Marketing Campaigns: Efficacy and Effectiveness Methods
Friday, Nov 7, 10:55 AM to 11:40 AM
Capitol - 4
Institutional Review Board Options for Evaluation: Benefits and Risks
Friday, Nov 7, 10:55 AM to 11:40 AM
Capitol - 5
Addressing the Needs of Underserved Urban Communities Through Contextually Culturally Responsive Evaluations
Friday, Nov 7, 10:55 AM to 11:40 AM
Capitol - 6
LGBTQ Evaluation in Education Settings: Schools and Museums
Friday, Nov 7, 10:55 AM to 11:40 AM
Capitol - 7
A View From the Trenches: Evaluators’ Perspectives on Evaluation Training and Tools
Friday, Nov 7, 10:55 AM to 11:40 AM
Limestone
Utilizing Participant and Stakeholder Information to Improve Special Education Programs
Friday, Nov 7, 10:55 AM to 11:40 AM
Sandstone
Applied Early Childhood Research and Evaluation: Informing Public Policy With Real World Data
Friday, Nov 7, 10:55 AM to 11:40 AM
Marble
New and Emergent Directions in Evaluation Policy and Practice Through the Lens of Utilization-Focused Evaluation
Friday, Nov 7, 10:55 AM to 11:40 AM
Centennial - A
Findings Patterns in Evaluation Data: Searching for Clues That May Help Better Understand Programs and Policies
Friday, Nov 7, 10:55 AM to 11:40 AM
Centennial - B
Evaluation Policy: Integrating Evaluation Offices into the Surrounding Agency Culture
Friday, Nov 7, 10:55 AM to 11:40 AM
Centennial - C
The Impact of Policy Change on Evaluation Practice
Friday, Nov 7, 10:55 AM to 11:40 AM
Centennial - F
Can You Hear Me Now? Use of Audience Response Systems to Evaluate Educational Programming
Friday, Nov 7, 10:55 AM to 11:40 AM
Centennial - G
Economics Focused Meta-Analysis of Early Childhood Services and of Class Size Reduction Initiatives
Friday, Nov 7, 10:55 AM to 11:40 AM
Centennial - H
Evaluation Performance Support: DoView Visual Logic Models and Self-Sustaining Wikis
Friday, Nov 7, 10:55 AM to 11:40 AM
Mineral - A
Cluster Randomized Designs: Technical, Practical, and Policy Implications
Friday, Nov 7, 10:55 AM to 11:40 AM
Mineral - B
Assessing Foundation Communications: A New Tool for Practitioners
Friday, Nov 7, 10:55 AM to 11:40 AM
Mineral - C
Use of Agent-Based Modeling in Program Evaluation
Friday, Nov 7, 10:55 AM to 11:40 AM
Mineral - D
Evaluation's Place on the Organizational Talent Management Stage: Starring or Supportive Role?
Friday, Nov 7, 10:55 AM to 11:40 AM
Mineral - E
"Real-Time" Practice and Policy Implications
Friday, Nov 7, 10:55 AM to 11:40 AM
Mineral - F
Evaluation as a Core Component of Evidence Based Practice Implementation
Friday, Nov 7, 10:55 AM to 11:40 AM
Mineral - G
My First Year as a Professional Evaluator: What They Taught Me in School and What I Learned on the Job
Friday, Nov 7, 10:55 AM to 11:40 AM
Slate
Evaluating Healthcare Facilities for Emergency Preparedness and Response
Friday, Nov 7, 10:55 AM to 11:40 AM
Agate - B
Evaluating Technology Supported Instruction
Friday, Nov 7, 10:55 AM to 11:40 AM
Agate - C
Two Evaluation Components of a College-School District Urban Teacher Preparation Program
Friday, Nov 7, 10:55 AM to 11:40 AM
Granite - A
Developing a Strategic Evaluation Process to Assess the Impact of a Local Health Officials' Orientation Training Program
Friday, Nov 7, 10:55 AM to 11:40 AM
Granite - B
What's Common? Impact of Research on Renewable Energy Technology and on Poverty
Friday, Nov 7, 10:55 AM to 11:40 AM
Granite - C
Evaluating Community-Based Early Child Development Programs: Two Participatory Approaches
Friday, Nov 7, 10:55 AM to 11:40 AM
Quartz - A
How Do We Make Choices In Evaluation With Diverse Populations When Costs and Time Are Limited?
Friday, Nov 7, 10:55 AM to 11:40 AM
Quartz - B
Evaluating Communications Strategies for Public Health Emergencies: Experiences of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Friday, Nov 7, 10:55 AM to 11:40 AM
102 in CCC
The Built-In Evaluation Framework: Integration and Implementation of Built-In Evaluative Systems
Friday, Nov 7, 10:55 AM to 11:40 AM
104 in CCC
Organizational Models for Interpreting Project Operations: Loosely and Richly Joined Systems
Friday, Nov 7, 10:55 AM to 11:40 AM
106 in CCC
Evaluation under Violent and Post-Violent Conditions: Describing and Clarifying the Work and Suggesting Strategies, Tactics, and Tools
Friday, Nov 7, 10:55 AM to 11:40 AM
108 in CCC
Real World Strategies for Adapting and Evaluating Science-Based Adolescent Pregnancy and STD/HIV Prevention Programs
Friday, Nov 7, 10:55 AM to 11:40 AM
110 in CCC
Enhancing the Understanding of the Technology Development and Innovation Process in Firms: Creation of a Data Enclave for Business Dataset
Friday, Nov 7, 10:55 AM to 11:40 AM
112 in CCC
Independent Evaluation of the National Weed and Seed Strategy
Friday, Nov 7, 10:55 AM to 11:40 AM
103 in CCC
Options for Fast-Turnaround, Low-Cost Publishing In the Field of Evaluation
Friday, Nov 7, 10:55 AM to 11:40 AM
105 in CCC
The Use of Theory of Change to Evaluate Communities of Practice in a Public Health Informatics Setting
Friday, Nov 7, 10:55 AM to 11:40 AM
107 in CCC
No Weak Link: The Role of a Collaborative Governance and Infrastructure in the Evaluation of Services for Families With Multiple Needs in Durham, North Carolina
Friday, Nov 7, 10:55 AM to 11:40 AM
109 in CCC
Comparing High Stakes Standardized Testing to Observational Measurement of Actually Doing Science: Exploring an Alternative
Friday, Nov 7, 10:55 AM to 11:40 AM
111 in CCC
Integrating Technology Tools Builds Evaluation Capacity: Three Practical Examples
Friday, Nov 7, 10:55 AM to 11:40 AM
113 in CCC
Starting and Succeeding as an Independent Evaluation Consultant
Friday, Nov 7, 1:35 PM to 3:05 PM
Capitol - 1
Using Logic Models to Support Organizational Alignment, Evaluation, and Learning: One Organization's Journey Toward a Culture of Evaluation
Friday, Nov 7, 1:35 PM to 3:05 PM
Capitol - 2
Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education: Administrative and Policy Perspectives
Friday, Nov 7, 1:35 PM to 3:05 PM
Capitol - 3
Relief in Sight: A Systems-Thinking Application of Self Determination Theory-based Logic Models to Modify the Effects of High Stakes Testing
Friday, Nov 7, 1:35 PM to 3:05 PM
Capitol - 4
Conversation Hour With the 2008 AEA Award Winners
Friday, Nov 7, 1:35 PM to 3:05 PM
Capitol - 5
Multicultural Issues in Public Health Evaluation
Friday, Nov 7, 1:35 PM to 3:05 PM
Capitol - 6
Service-Learning and Civic Engagement: Framing the Evaluation Issues
Friday, Nov 7, 1:35 PM to 3:05 PM
Capitol - 7
Roundtable Rotation I: Roundtable Rotation II: Can Second Life be a Useful Evaluative Tool in Real Life?
Friday, Nov 7, 1:35 PM to 3:05 PM
Limestone
What Works, Effective Recidivism Reduction and Risk-Focused Prevention Programs: A Compendium of Evidence-Based Options for Preventing New and Persistent Criminal Behavior
Friday, Nov 7, 1:35 PM to 3:05 PM
Sandstone
Roundtable Rotation I: Program Evaluation and Public School Districts: Facing the Challenges
Friday, Nov 7, 1:35 PM to 3:05 PM
Marble
Evaluation Capacity Building: Tools Emerging From Practice
Friday, Nov 7, 1:35 PM to 3:05 PM
Centennial - A
Longitudinal and Growth Curve Analysis
Friday, Nov 7, 1:35 PM to 3:05 PM
Centennial - B
Promoting Policy-Relevant Impact Evaluation for Enhanced Development Effectiveness
Friday, Nov 7, 1:35 PM to 3:05 PM
Centennial - C
Research on Evaluation Methods
Friday, Nov 7, 1:35 PM to 3:05 PM
Centennial - F
Extension Education Evaluators Adapt “A Checklist for Building Organizational Evaluation Capacity” to Extension Contexts
Friday, Nov 7, 1:35 PM to 3:05 PM
Centennial - G
The Core Concepts of Applied Cost-Effectiveness and Cost-Benefit Analysis
Friday, Nov 7, 1:35 PM to 3:05 PM
Centennial - H
Measuring Use and Influence in Large Scale Evaluations
Friday, Nov 7, 1:35 PM to 3:05 PM
Mineral - A
Quasi-Experimental Research Designs
Friday, Nov 7, 1:35 PM to 3:05 PM
Mineral - B
Bringing the Wisdom of Elders to Indigenous Evaluation
Friday, Nov 7, 1:35 PM to 3:05 PM
Mineral - C
Measurement Strategies and Evaluation Approaches in Substance Abuse and Mental Health
Friday, Nov 7, 1:35 PM to 3:05 PM
Mineral - D
Cross-Culturally Competent Evaluation - Similar Vision But Different Lenses?
Friday, Nov 7, 1:35 PM to 3:05 PM
Mineral - E
Incorporating Qualitative Inquiry into Complex, Multi-Site Evaluation
Friday, Nov 7, 1:35 PM to 3:05 PM
Mineral - F
Roundtable Rotation I: Measuring Capacity Building Through Evaluation: Impacting a Foundation’s Decision-Making
Friday, Nov 7, 1:35 PM to 3:05 PM
Slate
Flexibility and Creativity in Evaluation Methods: This Wasn’t in the Textbook!
Friday, Nov 7, 1:35 PM to 3:05 PM
Agate - B
Advancing Evaluation in Organizational Settings
Friday, Nov 7, 1:35 PM to 3:05 PM
Agate - C
Intermeshing Cogs at Work: Experiences and Lessons Learned From State and Local Educational Program Evaluations
Friday, Nov 7, 1:35 PM to 3:05 PM
Granite - A
Translational Health Research: Implications for Evaluation Theory From a Practice Imperative
Friday, Nov 7, 1:35 PM to 3:05 PM
Granite - B
Preparing Future Evaluators: Approaches, Theories, and Needs
Friday, Nov 7, 1:35 PM to 3:05 PM
Granite - C
Improving Evaluation Policy by Focusing State, County, and Community Social Service Providers on Results-Oriented Services
Friday, Nov 7, 1:35 PM to 3:05 PM
Quartz - A
Roundtable Rotation I: Developing Advocacy Evidence Systems and More Systematic Approaches for Gathering and Sharing Credible Advocacy Evidence: Lessons Learned From International Non-governmental Organizations (NGOs)
Friday, Nov 7, 1:35 PM to 3:05 PM
Quartz - B
National Evaluations of School Wellness Policy and Programs
Friday, Nov 7, 1:35 PM to 3:05 PM
102 in CCC
The Randomized Controlled Trial in Your Evaluation Toolkit: A Candid Discussion
Friday, Nov 7, 1:35 PM to 3:05 PM
104 in CCC
Systems Thinking for Curriculum Evaluation
Friday, Nov 7, 1:35 PM to 3:05 PM
106 in CCC
Social Impact of the Arts
Friday, Nov 7, 1:35 PM to 3:05 PM
108 in CCC
Case Studies in Evaluation: United States Federal Agencies - Part 2
Friday, Nov 7, 1:35 PM to 3:05 PM
110 in CCC
Peer Review: From Evaluating Science to Evaluating Science Policy
Friday, Nov 7, 1:35 PM to 3:05 PM
112 in CCC
How to Create Objective Evaluation Criteria for Complex Processes and Outcomes
Friday, Nov 7, 1:35 PM to 3:05 PM
103 in CCC
Evaluation Dashboards: Practical Solutions for Reporting Results
Friday, Nov 7, 1:35 PM to 3:05 PM
105 in CCC
Policy and Practice Issues for Evaluators, Project Directors and the Community: Lessons Learned From the Intersection of Local and National Multi-site Evaluations
Friday, Nov 7, 1:35 PM to 3:05 PM
107 in CCC
Training-the-Trainer: Building Evaluation Capacity at the United States Environmental Protection Agency
Friday, Nov 7, 1:35 PM to 3:05 PM
109 in CCC
From Planning to Use: Methodological Considerations in Evaluation School-Based Programs
Friday, Nov 7, 1:35 PM to 3:05 PM
111 in CCC
Models and Frameworks of Evaluation and Meta-Evaluation
Friday, Nov 7, 1:35 PM to 3:05 PM
113 in CCC
International Participatory Evaluation
Friday, Nov 7, 3:25 PM to 4:10 PM
Capitol - 1
Our Lives in Evaluation: AEA Members' Descriptions of Their Evaluation Work
Friday, Nov 7, 3:25 PM to 4:10 PM
Capitol - 2
The Evaluation of "Green Buildings"
Friday, Nov 7, 3:25 PM to 4:10 PM
Capitol - 3
Towards an Evolutionary Approach to Evaluating Policies and Programs: Moving Beyond Policies and Programs as the Unit of Analysis
Friday, Nov 7, 3:25 PM to 4:10 PM
Capitol - 4
Getting Published in New Directions for Evaluation
Friday, Nov 7, 3:25 PM to 4:10 PM
Capitol - 5
Credible Cultural Competence: Stakeholder Perceptions of Sociocultural Characteristics and Superficial Competency Strategies
Friday, Nov 7, 3:25 PM to 4:10 PM
Capitol - 6
Government Evaluation TIG Business Meeting
Friday, Nov 7, 3:25 PM to 4:10 PM
Capitol - 7
The Mississippi Delta Children’s Partnership: The Power of Capacity Building to Educate Children
Friday, Nov 7, 3:25 PM to 4:10 PM
Limestone
Re-framing a Deficit-based Evaluation Context Into an Asset-based Evaluation Approach
Friday, Nov 7, 3:25 PM to 4:10 PM
Sandstone
An Examination of the Link Between Professional Development, Teacher Learning, and Student Outcomes
Friday, Nov 7, 3:25 PM to 4:10 PM
Marble
Accounting for Evaluation Readiness and Program Evaluability in Building a Membership Organization's Capacity to Conduct Outcome Assessment
Friday, Nov 7, 3:25 PM to 4:10 PM
Centennial - A
Alternative Methods for Analyzing Longitudinal Data: Moving Beyond Hierarchical Linear Models (HLM) and Repeated Measures Analysis of Variance (ANOVA)
Friday, Nov 7, 3:25 PM to 4:10 PM
Centennial - B
Theoretical and Practical Considerations in National Evaluation Policies: The Case of the Netherlands
Friday, Nov 7, 3:25 PM to 4:10 PM
Centennial - C
The Impact of Experimental Designs and Alternative "Evidence" Sources
Friday, Nov 7, 3:25 PM to 4:10 PM
Centennial - F
Tools to Measure Youth Camping Outcomes
Friday, Nov 7, 3:25 PM to 4:10 PM
Centennial - G
Using the Cyber-Infrastructure to Build Evaluation Capacity
Friday, Nov 7, 3:25 PM to 4:10 PM
Mineral - A
Needs and Methodologies in Various Contexts: Community, School, and International
Friday, Nov 7, 3:25 PM to 4:10 PM
Mineral - B
Power to the People: Engaging Communities in Advocacy Evaluation
Friday, Nov 7, 3:25 PM to 4:10 PM
Mineral - C
Using the Getting to Outcomes (GTO) Model for Systems Change Within Child and Family Mental Health Services
Friday, Nov 7, 3:25 PM to 4:10 PM
Mineral - D
Practical Methodology for Evaluating Advocacy Efforts
Friday, Nov 7, 3:25 PM to 4:10 PM
Mineral - E
Using NVivo to Improve Rigor in Evaluation
Friday, Nov 7, 3:25 PM to 4:10 PM
Mineral - F
Stakeholder Involvement in the Development of a Multi-Purpose Evaluation System for a Public Mental Health System
Friday, Nov 7, 3:25 PM to 4:10 PM
Mineral - G
Differentiating Terms of Art and Building Infrastructure for Systems Assessment
Friday, Nov 7, 3:25 PM to 4:10 PM
Slate
Evaluating Organizational Capacity of Disaster and Emergency Management Organizations
Friday, Nov 7, 3:25 PM to 4:10 PM
Agate - B
Are States' K-12 Assessment Policies Inclusive? Using Established Principles and Characteristics to Find Out
Friday, Nov 7, 3:25 PM to 4:10 PM
Agate - C
Evaluating Integrated Intervention Models: Response to Intervention (RtI) and Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS)
Friday, Nov 7, 3:25 PM to 4:10 PM
Granite - A
Evaluating Development Programs: A Health Impact Assessment Approach
Friday, Nov 7, 3:25 PM to 4:10 PM
Granite - B
Effectiveness of Evaluation From the Perspective of Outcomes on Research Units and Research-supportive and Administrative Departments in National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)
Friday, Nov 7, 3:25 PM to 4:10 PM
Granite - C
Evaluating and Empowering Agricultural Workers: The Poder Popular Experience in California
Friday, Nov 7, 3:25 PM to 4:10 PM
Quartz - A
Starting Out Right: Laying the Foundation for Knowledge Management Program Implementation and Subsequent Evaluation With a Well-Designed Needs Assessment
Friday, Nov 7, 3:25 PM to 4:10 PM
Quartz - B
Adapting the State Plan Index Tool: The Purpose, Process, Product and Application
Friday, Nov 7, 3:25 PM to 4:10 PM
102 in CCC
Current Approaches and Issues in Child Welfare Evaluations
Friday, Nov 7, 3:25 PM to 4:10 PM
104 in CCC
Addressing Complexity in Educational Program Evaluation: Focusing on Intent
Friday, Nov 7, 3:25 PM to 4:10 PM
106 in CCC
International Evaluation Standards and Policies
Friday, Nov 7, 3:25 PM to 4:10 PM
108 in CCC
Improving Evaluation Design and Methods: Examples for Research Programs
Friday, Nov 7, 3:25 PM to 4:10 PM
112 in CCC
Building Practices: A Framework for Determining the Fit of Network Analysis in Evaluation
Friday, Nov 7, 3:25 PM to 4:10 PM
103 in CCC
Redefining The Way We Give
Friday, Nov 7, 3:25 PM to 4:10 PM
105 in CCC
Children's Programs in Multidisciplinary Settings
Friday, Nov 7, 3:25 PM to 4:10 PM
107 in CCC
Organizational Implementation of an Evaluation Policy: A Local Health Department Perspective
Friday, Nov 7, 3:25 PM to 4:10 PM
109 in CCC
A Series of Evaluations of the Core-Plus Mathematics Curriculum: Methods, Results, and Issues
Friday, Nov 7, 3:25 PM to 4:10 PM
111 in CCC
Readability Testing: Simple Skill Often Forgotten
Friday, Nov 7, 3:25 PM to 4:10 PM
113 in CCC
Evaluation Education, Policy, Culture, and Practice in Brazil
Friday, Nov 7, 4:30 PM to 6:00 PM
Capitol - 1
Peer Reviews for Independent Consultants: New Peer Reviewer Orientation
Friday, Nov 7, 4:30 PM to 6:00 PM
Capitol - 2
Building Evaluation Capacity for Environmental Programs
Friday, Nov 7, 4:30 PM to 6:00 PM
Capitol - 3
Basic Considerations in Theory-Based Evaluations
Friday, Nov 7, 4:30 PM to 6:00 PM
Capitol - 4
How to Publish an Article in the American Journal of Evaluation: Guidance for First-Time Authors
Friday, Nov 7, 4:30 PM to 6:00 PM
Capitol - 5
Learning Focused Evaluation: Three Perspectives on Leadership Development
Friday, Nov 7, 4:30 PM to 6:00 PM
Capitol - 6
Course-Evaluation Designs I: Improvement Oriented Practices
Friday, Nov 7, 4:30 PM to 6:00 PM
Capitol - 7
Roundtable Rotation I: Broadening Participation and Building Capacity Among Future Scientists: An Evaluation Internship for Undergraduates
Friday, Nov 7, 4:30 PM to 6:00 PM
Limestone
Addressing Complex Sampling Issues in Evaluation Analyses
Friday, Nov 7, 4:30 PM to 6:00 PM
Sandstone
Roundtable Rotation I: Using Evaluation as a Professional Development Strategy in Arts Education
Friday, Nov 7, 4:30 PM to 6:00 PM
Marble
Closing the Loop From Data to Action: How Evaluation Feeds Program Improvement
Friday, Nov 7, 4:30 PM to 6:00 PM
Centennial - A
Fitting the Design to the Context: Examples of Innovative Evaluation Designs
Friday, Nov 7, 4:30 PM to 6:00 PM
Centennial - B
Influencing Evaluation Policy and Evaluation Practice: A Progress Report From AEA's Evaluation Policy Task Force
Friday, Nov 7, 4:30 PM to 6:00 PM
Centennial - C
CC3: Lessons Learned From the Evaluation of Three Comprehensive Centers
Friday, Nov 7, 4:30 PM to 6:00 PM
Mineral - A
Techniques for Facilitating Evaluation Learning Among Non-Evaluators
Friday, Nov 7, 4:30 PM to 6:00 PM
Mineral - B
Indigenous Peoples in Evaluation TIG Business Meeting and Think Tank: Supporting New Indigenous Evaluators: How can Experienced Indigenous Evaluators Build Capacity in the Field through Work With New and Aspiring Indigenous Evaluators? What Issues and Challenges Do We Face?
Friday, Nov 7, 4:30 PM to 6:00 PM
Mineral - C
Making Lemonade: Taking Advantage of Federal Government Performance Results Act (GPRA) Reporting Requirements in Evaluation
Friday, Nov 7, 4:30 PM to 6:00 PM
Mineral - D
Sustainability and Organizational Capacity Assessment: Tools and Strategies
Friday, Nov 7, 4:30 PM to 6:00 PM
Mineral - E
Sharing the Load: Team Writing in Qualitative Research
Friday, Nov 7, 4:30 PM to 6:00 PM
Mineral - F
Evaluating Community Capacity Building and Community Engagement in Public Health Research
Friday, Nov 7, 4:30 PM to 6:00 PM
Mineral - G
Intermingling Diverse Perspectives on Evaluation Policy in a Non-profit Organization
Friday, Nov 7, 4:30 PM to 6:00 PM
Slate
New Evaluator "How-to-Session": Conducting Your Evaluation
Friday, Nov 7, 4:30 PM to 6:00 PM
Agate - B
Evaluating Special Education Teachers and Programs
Friday, Nov 7, 4:30 PM to 6:00 PM
Agate - C
Strategies for Evaluating Program Development and Professional Improvement
Friday, Nov 7, 4:30 PM to 6:00 PM
Granite - A
Developing Evaluation Policy in Various Health Settings
Friday, Nov 7, 4:30 PM to 6:00 PM
Granite - B
Perspectives, Power, and Policy Through a Feminist Lens
Friday, Nov 7, 4:30 PM to 6:00 PM
Granite - C
Useful Interactive Strategic Planning Tools for Nonprofit Evaluators
Friday, Nov 7, 4:30 PM to 6:00 PM
Quartz - A
Roundtable Rotation I: Internal and External Evaluation Issues: Where Do You Draw the Line?
Friday, Nov 7, 4:30 PM to 6:00 PM
Quartz - B
Evaluation of Multi-Site Health Programs
Friday, Nov 7, 4:30 PM to 6:00 PM
102 in CCC
Examination of the Role of Evaluation in Denver's Ten Year Plan to End Homelessness: A Review of Evaluation on Policy and Practice
Friday, Nov 7, 4:30 PM to 6:00 PM
104 in CCC
Setting Conditions for Meaningful Evaluation: Human Systems Dynamics Theory as a Lens for Program Theory and Theory of Change
Friday, Nov 7, 4:30 PM to 6:00 PM
106 in CCC
Out of Africa: Evaluation Case Studies
Friday, Nov 7, 4:30 PM to 6:00 PM
108 in CCC
Evaluation Challenges of Studying Inmates in Supermax Confinement
Friday, Nov 7, 4:30 PM to 6:00 PM
110 in CCC
Meeting Challenges of Evaluating and Sustaining Research Centers and Institutes
Friday, Nov 7, 4:30 PM to 6:00 PM
112 in CCC
Measurement: Issue and Methods
Friday, Nov 7, 4:30 PM to 6:00 PM
103 in CCC
Evaluating Systems Change Efforts
Friday, Nov 7, 4:30 PM to 6:00 PM
105 in CCC
Program Theory in Complex Evaluations
Friday, Nov 7, 4:30 PM to 6:00 PM
107 in CCC
Collaborative Evaluation Communities In Urban Schools: How Hierarchical Educational Policies Shape Its Implementation
Friday, Nov 7, 4:30 PM to 6:00 PM
109 in CCC
Evaluating Math and Science Instruction
Friday, Nov 7, 4:30 PM to 6:00 PM
111 in CCC
Evolution of evaluation checklists: From Creation to Validation
Friday, Nov 7, 4:30 PM to 6:00 PM
113 in CCC
Making Evaluation and Research Universally Accessible
Saturday, Nov 8, 8:00 AM to 9:30 AM
Centennial - A
Creating Excellent Data Graphs for Everyday Evaluation Products
Saturday, Nov 8, 8:00 AM to 9:30 AM
Centennial - B
Envisioning Culturally Responsive Evaluation Policy: Perspectives From the United States and New Zealand
Saturday, Nov 8, 8:00 AM to 9:30 AM
Centennial - C
Evaluation Policy and Practice in Government Settings
Saturday, Nov 8, 8:00 AM to 9:30 AM
Centennial - D
When Community Passions and Personal Callings Meet Empiricism: Exploring the Interpersonal Side of Program Evaluation Policy Shifts
Saturday, Nov 8, 8:00 AM to 9:30 AM
Centennial - E
Techniques and Strategies to Increase Participation in Mental Health and Substance Abuse
Saturday, Nov 8, 8:00 AM to 9:30 AM
Centennial - F
Course-Evaluation Designs II: Faculty Perspectives on Practices and Continuing Development
Saturday, Nov 8, 8:00 AM to 9:30 AM
Centennial - G
Engaging Stakeholders in the Scientific Enterprise: Using Concept Mapping for Research Priority Setting and Participatory Evaluation
Saturday, Nov 8, 8:00 AM to 9:30 AM
Centennial - H
Assessment and Improvement of Government Agency Collaboration for Disaster Preparedness and Recovery
Saturday, Nov 8, 8:00 AM to 9:30 AM
Mineral - A
Randomized Control Trials: Regression Discontinuity and a Poor Relative
Saturday, Nov 8, 8:00 AM to 9:30 AM
Mineral - B
Distance Education: Course and Program Level Evaluation
Saturday, Nov 8, 8:00 AM to 9:30 AM
Mineral - C
Working Together to Enhance the Quality of Science and Math Education Evaluations: GK-12 Project Evaluations
Saturday, Nov 8, 8:00 AM to 9:30 AM
Mineral - D
Internal Review Boards (IRB) Place in the Philanthropic and Nonprofit Sector: Are Foundations and the Vulnerable Populations They Serve at Risk?
Saturday, Nov 8, 8:00 AM to 9:30 AM
Mineral - E
On the Outside Looking In: Lessons From the Field for External Evaluators
Saturday, Nov 8, 8:00 AM to 9:30 AM
Mineral - F
Federal Policy and Grass-Roots Practice: Explaining and implementing federal performance measurement (evaluation) policy requirements through self-help guides
Saturday, Nov 8, 8:00 AM to 9:30 AM
Mineral - G
Multisite Evaluations: Challenges, Methods, and Approaches in Public Health
Saturday, Nov 8, 8:00 AM to 9:30 AM
Agate - B
Do Schools Know Best? A Foundation Explores the Question
Saturday, Nov 8, 8:00 AM to 9:30 AM
Agate - C
Evaluating Math Science Partnership Projects in New York State: Finding Evidence and Documenting Results
Saturday, Nov 8, 8:00 AM to 9:30 AM
Granite - A
Various Approaches to Evaluating Provision of Health Care Services
Saturday, Nov 8, 8:00 AM to 9:30 AM
Granite - B
Evaluation Education in Diverse Countries
Saturday, Nov 8, 8:00 AM to 9:30 AM
Granite - C
What Can You Tell in the Short Term?
Saturday, Nov 8, 8:00 AM to 9:30 AM
Quartz - A
Evaluating Health Messages: Using Laptops and Embedded Messages to Assess Anti-drug Messages
Saturday, Nov 8, 8:00 AM to 9:30 AM
Quartz - B
Evaluation of Statewide Special Education Initiatives Current Practices and Future Policies?
Saturday, Nov 8, 9:50 AM to 10:35 AM
Centennial - A
Evaluation of A Peer Mediated Health Education Program: A Demonstration of Regression Discontinuity Design
Saturday, Nov 8, 9:50 AM to 10:35 AM
Centennial - B
From Identification of Major Challenges to Evaluation to Proactively Influencing Evaluation Policies: A Compilation of the Findings From a Series of Think Tanks
Saturday, Nov 8, 9:50 AM to 10:35 AM
Centennial - C
Planning for Evaluation’s Future: Undergraduate Students’ Interest in Program Evaluation
Saturday, Nov 8, 9:50 AM to 10:35 AM
Centennial - D
Using Technology to Push the Boundaries of Theory-Driven Evaluation Science: Implications for Policy and Practice
Saturday, Nov 8, 9:50 AM to 10:35 AM
Centennial - E
Tobacco Prevention and Control Cost-Benefit and Impact Analysis: The Wyoming Experience
Saturday, Nov 8, 9:50 AM to 10:35 AM
Centennial - F
Evaluation-Guided Course Design and Delivery
Saturday, Nov 8, 9:50 AM to 10:35 AM
Centennial - G
Comparative Environmental Risk Assessment: A Practical and Applied Method
Saturday, Nov 8, 9:50 AM to 10:35 AM
Centennial - H
Cell Phone Technology: Exploiting the Possibilities -- Not Lamenting the Past
Saturday, Nov 8, 9:50 AM to 10:35 AM
Mineral - A
Social Network Analysis 101: A Brief Demonstration
Saturday, Nov 8, 9:50 AM to 10:35 AM
Mineral - B
Evaluating Policy Efforts Through Systems and Organization Theories
Saturday, Nov 8, 9:50 AM to 10:35 AM
Mineral - C
Engaging the Client When Mandates Drive Client Participation
Saturday, Nov 8, 9:50 AM to 10:35 AM
Mineral - D
Putting Methods into Practice: Case Examples of Advocacy Evaluation
Saturday, Nov 8, 9:50 AM to 10:35 AM
Mineral - E
Report Automation Using Visual Basic
Saturday, Nov 8, 9:50 AM to 10:35 AM
Mineral - F
International University Evaluations
Saturday, Nov 8, 9:50 AM to 10:35 AM
Agate - B
Evaluating Nationally and Locally: What Can Evaluators do to Create Evaluation Policies in National Nonprofit Networks Composed of Autonomous Local Organizations?
Saturday, Nov 8, 9:50 AM to 10:35 AM
Agate - C
Designing Responsive Coalition Evaluations Without a Stakeholder Road Map
Saturday, Nov 8, 9:50 AM to 10:35 AM
Granite - A
Evaluating Large Transdisciplinary Initiatives: The Use of Bibliometric Techniques to Assess the Quality and Quantity of Research Productivity
Saturday, Nov 8, 9:50 AM to 10:35 AM
Granite - B
Measurement and Data Quality in South Africa
Saturday, Nov 8, 9:50 AM to 10:35 AM
Granite - C
Complex Systems and "Wicked" Evaluations
Saturday, Nov 8, 10:45 AM to 12:15 PM
Centennial - A
Core Quantitative Issues: Presenting Quantitative Findings to Policy Makers, Stakeholders and the Public
Saturday, Nov 8, 10:45 AM to 12:15 PM
Centennial - B
Competencies, Credentials, Certification, and Professional Development: Experiences and Issues for Evaluation Policy
Saturday, Nov 8, 10:45 AM to 12:15 PM
Centennial - C
Identifying Best Practices in Program Implementation and Evaluation: Innovative Examples From the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Saturday, Nov 8, 10:45 AM to 12:15 PM
Centennial - D
Theory-Based Evaluations and Educational Contexts
Saturday, Nov 8, 10:45 AM to 12:15 PM
Centennial - E
Examining Values in the Context of Evaluation Theory and Practice
Saturday, Nov 8, 10:45 AM to 12:15 PM
Centennial - F
The Role of Extension Middle Managers and Program Leaders in Building Agent Evaluation Capacity
Saturday, Nov 8, 10:45 AM to 12:15 PM
Centennial - G
Impact Evaluation for Public Research and Development Program in Japan
Saturday, Nov 8, 10:45 AM to 12:15 PM
Centennial - H
Alternative Approaches to Building Evaluation Capacity Through Formal Education
Saturday, Nov 8, 10:45 AM to 12:15 PM
Mineral - A
Designing Randomized Trials With Adequate Power: A Demonstration of the Optimal Design Software
Saturday, Nov 8, 10:45 AM to 12:15 PM
Mineral - B
The National Institute of Justice's Research and Evaluation Program Development on American Indian and Alaska Native Crime and Justice Issues
Saturday, Nov 8, 10:45 AM to 12:15 PM
Mineral - C
Evaluation in the Field: Developing Local Practitioners' Evaluative Thinking
Saturday, Nov 8, 10:45 AM to 12:15 PM
Mineral - D
Lessons Learned From an Evaluation of a Comprehensive Community Initiative
Saturday, Nov 8, 10:45 AM to 12:15 PM
Mineral - E
The Impact of School and Individual Context Variables on Student Outcomes
Saturday, Nov 8, 10:45 AM to 12:15 PM
Mineral - F
Empowerment Evaluation Principles in Practice: The Annie E. Casey Foundation's Making Connections Initiative
Saturday, Nov 8, 10:45 AM to 12:15 PM
Mineral - G
Using Qualitative Evaluation to Gain a Deeper Understanding of Unique Programs Contexts
Saturday, Nov 8, 10:45 AM to 12:15 PM
Agate - B
The Children's Trust Evaluation Policy and Practice: Lessons Learned Assessing Progress and Opportunity at Multiple Levels
Saturday, Nov 8, 10:45 AM to 12:15 PM
Agate - C
Evaluators as Mediators: Participatory Techniques to Understand Policy, Practice, and Belief Systems in School
Saturday, Nov 8, 10:45 AM to 12:15 PM
Granite - A
Evaluating Translational Research: Challenges for Evaluation Policy and Practice
Saturday, Nov 8, 10:45 AM to 12:15 PM
Granite - B
Evaluation in International Education Settings
Saturday, Nov 8, 10:45 AM to 12:15 PM
Granite - C
Roundtable Rotation I: Multiple Case Study of College First Year Seminars From an Evaluative Perspective Using Critical Action Research Matrix Application (CARMA)
Saturday, Nov 8, 10:45 AM to 12:15 PM
Quartz - A
Roundtable Rotation I: "Little Pig, Little Pig, Let me In!": The Relationship between Individual Evaluation Policy and Degree of Cooperative Participation in the Evaluation of a Large, Comprehensive Project
Saturday, Nov 8, 10:45 AM to 12:15 PM
Quartz - B
Systems Oriented Tools and Methods in Public Agency Evaluations: Three Case Studies
Saturday, Nov 8, 1:20 PM to 2:50 PM
Centennial - A
Evaluating Regression Models: Understanding and Using Regression Diagnostics to Improve your Analyses
Saturday, Nov 8, 1:20 PM to 2:50 PM
Centennial - B
Perspectives on Evaluation Policy and Use From State Policy Makers in Education
Saturday, Nov 8, 1:20 PM to 2:50 PM
Centennial - C
Research on Program Evaluation Theory and Practice: Overviews and Critiques of Exemplars
Saturday, Nov 8, 1:20 PM to 2:50 PM
Centennial - D
Developing Multicultural Evaluators
Saturday, Nov 8, 1:20 PM to 2:50 PM
Centennial - E
Psyching out the Situation: Cultural Auditing and Environmental Mapping for Collaborative Needs Assessment
Saturday, Nov 8, 1:20 PM to 2:50 PM
Centennial - F
Evaluation Policy for Extension Education
Saturday, Nov 8, 1:20 PM to 2:50 PM
Centennial - G
Methods and Techniques for Analyzing, Measuring, and Valuing the Impact of Intellectual Property Assets: A Focus on Patents Derived From Federal Research Funding
Saturday, Nov 8, 1:20 PM to 2:50 PM
Centennial - H
Best of the Worst Practices: What Every New Evaluator Should Know and Avoid in Evaluation Practice
Saturday, Nov 8, 1:20 PM to 2:50 PM
Mineral - A
Structural Equation Modeling: The Essential Concepts
Saturday, Nov 8, 1:20 PM to 2:50 PM
Mineral - B
Rigor and Creativity in Methods for Human Service Evaluations
Saturday, Nov 8, 1:20 PM to 2:50 PM
Mineral - C
Collaboration and Evaluation Capacity Building
Saturday, Nov 8, 1:20 PM to 2:50 PM
Mineral - D
Evaluating Program Sustainability: Definitions, Methods, and Evaluation Dilemmas
Saturday, Nov 8, 1:20 PM to 2:50 PM
Mineral - E
Evaluations of Professional Development in Education: When 'Leave Them Smiling' Is Not Enough
Saturday, Nov 8, 1:20 PM to 2:50 PM
Mineral - F
Empowerment Evaluation Training: One Method Isn't Enough (Multiple Perspectives on Building Capacity - Funder, Grantee, and Evaluator)
Saturday, Nov 8, 1:20 PM to 2:50 PM
Mineral - G
Considering Ethical Relationships When Conducting Qualitative Evaluations
Saturday, Nov 8, 1:20 PM to 2:50 PM
Agate - B
Models of Funder Evaluation Policy and Practice
Saturday, Nov 8, 1:20 PM to 2:50 PM
Agate - C
Local Schools in the Context of No Child Left Behind: The Challenges of Adequate Yearly Progress
Saturday, Nov 8, 1:20 PM to 2:50 PM
Granite - A
Developing Evaluation Capacity Among Partners and Grantees: Innovative Tools and Approaches - Examples From the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Saturday, Nov 8, 1:20 PM to 2:50 PM
Granite - B
M&E Training in Other Countries: Adapting Training to Local Cultures
Saturday, Nov 8, 1:20 PM to 2:50 PM
Granite - C
Roundtable Rotation I: Get the Kinks Out: A Pilot Implementation of an Online Student Assessment Tool
Saturday, Nov 8, 1:20 PM to 2:50 PM
Quartz - A
Roundtable Rotation I: Building Partnerships: Lessons Learned From Designing and Implementing a Cross-Project Evaluation With K-12, University, and State-Level Mathematics and Science Educators
Saturday, Nov 8, 1:20 PM to 2:50 PM
Quartz - B
Fuzzy Set Analysis: A Method for Understanding Causality in Complex Systems
Saturday, Nov 8, 3:05 PM to 3:50 PM
Centennial - A
The Application of Survival Analysis Methods for Evaluation of Programs With Variable Program Entry and Exit Points
Saturday, Nov 8, 3:05 PM to 3:50 PM
Centennial - B
Discussion of Student Awards Essays
Saturday, Nov 8, 3:05 PM to 3:50 PM
Centennial - C
What Have We Learned About Randomized Control Trials (RCTs), Gold Standards, and Credible Evidence: Moving Beyond the Debates to Improve Policy and Practice
Saturday, Nov 8, 3:05 PM to 3:50 PM
Centennial - D
The Arizona Department of Education's Dropout Prevention Toolkit: An Innovative Interactive Tool That Disseminates Best Practice Findings From 39 Dropout Prevention Programs
Saturday, Nov 8, 3:05 PM to 3:50 PM
Centennial - E
Serving Elites and Civil Society: Evaluation Imaginaries in a Globalized World
Saturday, Nov 8, 3:05 PM to 3:50 PM
Centennial - F
SIMPACT (Satisfaction-Impact-Action): A Web-based Organizational Culture Assessment System That Links Work and Nonwork Life Needs to Employee Turnover
Saturday, Nov 8, 3:05 PM to 3:50 PM
Centennial - G
Evaluating Impacts of Climate Change
Saturday, Nov 8, 3:05 PM to 3:50 PM
Centennial - H
IHEs Confront Technology's Impact: Online Surveys and Digital Resources
Saturday, Nov 8, 3:05 PM to 3:50 PM
Mineral - A
Expanding Advocacy Capacity: Findings From the Evaluation of The California Endowment Clinic Consortia Policy and Advocacy Program
Saturday, Nov 8, 3:05 PM to 3:50 PM
Mineral - C
Use of Social Networks for K-12 Evaluation Capacity Building
Saturday, Nov 8, 3:05 PM to 3:50 PM
Mineral - D
Participation and Policy: Evaluation in Multi-Site Programs
Saturday, Nov 8, 3:05 PM to 3:50 PM
Mineral - F
Using the Getting To Outcomes Framework to Implement Continuous Quality Improvement in Community-Based Prevention
Saturday, Nov 8, 3:05 PM to 3:50 PM
Mineral - G
Let's Make it Human: Evaluating Live Interpretation and the Visitor Experience
Saturday, Nov 8, 3:05 PM to 3:50 PM
Agate - B
Reflecting and Moving Forward on Movement Building Evaluations
Saturday, Nov 8, 3:05 PM to 3:50 PM
Agate - C
Health Promotion Evaluation
Saturday, Nov 8, 3:05 PM to 3:50 PM
Granite - A
Evaluating Large Research Initiatives in Health
Saturday, Nov 8, 3:05 PM to 3:50 PM
Granite - B
An Association to Improve Evaluation of Development Aid
Saturday, Nov 8, 3:05 PM to 3:50 PM
Granite - C
Is it Possible to Avoid the “Everything but the Kitchen Sink” Online Survey?
Saturday, Nov 8, 3:05 PM to 3:50 PM
Quartz - A
Teaching Evaluation to Working Professionals: A Hybrid Approach
Saturday, Nov 8, 3:05 PM to 3:50 PM
Quartz - B
Studying Systems Through Social Network Analysis: Empowering Institutional Change
Saturday, Nov 8, 4:00 PM to 5:30 PM
Centennial - A
Practical Applications for Using Propensity Scores
Saturday, Nov 8, 4:00 PM to 5:30 PM
Centennial - B
Successfully Managing Evaluation Management: Approaches to Common Challenges From Three Different Evaluation Perspectives
Saturday, Nov 8, 4:00 PM to 5:30 PM
Centennial - C
Communication and Cognition in Evaluation Utilization
Saturday, Nov 8, 4:00 PM to 5:30 PM
Centennial - D
Ethics and Evaluation: Respectful Evaluation With underserved communities
Saturday, Nov 8, 4:00 PM to 5:30 PM
Centennial - E
Managing the Tension between Performance Measurement and Evaluation in the Emerging Political Environment
Saturday, Nov 8, 4:00 PM to 5:30 PM
Centennial - F
Science of Science Management: Development of Assessment Methodologies to determine Research and Development Progress and Impact
Saturday, Nov 8, 4:00 PM to 5:30 PM
Centennial - H
Foundations of Evaluation: Theory, Method, and Practice
Saturday, Nov 8, 4:00 PM to 5:30 PM
Mineral - A
Improving and Applying Measurement Techniques to Identify and Account for Differences Across Social Groups
Saturday, Nov 8, 4:00 PM to 5:30 PM
Mineral - B
New and Interesting Evaluations of Early Childhood Services and Interventions
Saturday, Nov 8, 4:00 PM to 5:30 PM
Mineral - C
Building Evaluation Capacity Building for Public Health: Community, CBO, and State Examples
Saturday, Nov 8, 4:00 PM to 5:30 PM
Mineral - D
Evaluating Structural Changes in Residential Children's Homes: Challenges, Strategies and Lessons Learned
Saturday, Nov 8, 4:00 PM to 5:30 PM
Mineral - E
Policy, Practice, and Standards: Educational Evaluation in an Age of Accountability
Saturday, Nov 8, 4:00 PM to 5:30 PM
Mineral - F
Empowerment Evaluations: Insights, Reflections, and Implications
Saturday, Nov 8, 4:00 PM to 5:30 PM
Mineral - G
Overviews of Research on Observation Instruments Used in Arts Education Evaluation Studies
Saturday, Nov 8, 4:00 PM to 5:30 PM
Agate - B
Nonprofit Evaluation Practice: Special Applications
Saturday, Nov 8, 4:00 PM to 5:30 PM
Agate - C
Walking the Tightrope: Developing Valid Tools to Measure Fidelity of Implementation That Meet Stakeholder Needs
Saturday, Nov 8, 4:00 PM to 5:30 PM
Granite - A
Using Indicators to Unite Partners and Players in a Common Evaluation Enterprise: Examples From the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Saturday, Nov 8, 4:00 PM to 5:30 PM
Granite - B
Methods and Data Integrity in International Evaluation
Saturday, Nov 8, 4:00 PM to 5:30 PM
Granite - C
Roundtable Rotation I: Viability of Independent Practice in Times of Evaluation Policy Review
Saturday, Nov 8, 4:00 PM to 5:30 PM
Quartz - A
Roundtable Rotation I: An Evaluation of the Transformation of Undergraduate Education at Rutgers University
Saturday, Nov 8, 4:00 PM to 5:30 PM
Quartz - B
