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Session Title: Use of Social Networks for K-12 Evaluation Capacity Building
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Multipaper Session 905 to be held in Mineral Hall Section D on Saturday, Nov 8, 3:05 PM to 3:50 PM
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Sponsored by the Organizational Learning and Evaluation Capacity Building TIG
and the Pre-K - 12 Educational Evaluation TIG
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| Chair(s): |
| Michelle Osowski,
Albuquerque Public Schools,
osowski@aps.edu
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| Discussant(s): |
| Rebecca Gajda,
University of Massachusetts Amherst,
rebecca.gajda@educ.umass.edu
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Evaluation Capacity Building (ECB): Utilizing Social Networks to Facilitate Process Use
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| Stephanie Sutherland,
University of Pittsburgh,
stephs@pitt.edu
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| Abstract:
Although evaluations are generally successful in identifying program features and pointing to lessons learned, only a minority of evaluations are effective at introducing sustained changes and programmatic improvements. This paper will add to the dearth of
empirical evidence in illustrating how process use can contribute to evaluation capacity building (King, 2007). First, I set out to build on and extend our knowledge of the kinds of process use
(see Amo & Cousins 2007) by examining qualifiers and quantifiers of the term from the evaluation participants’ point of view. Second, I illustrate how to transfer such use throughout the organization with learning as the desired outcome. Organizational social networks have been identified as the vehicle for movement within (and external to) the organization. For this study, I draw upon data from a larger longitudinal project (US National Study) investigating the first three years of district-
wide mathematics curriculum reform in two large urban school districts (New York City, NY & Phoenix, AZ).
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