| Session Title: Ten Steps to Making Evaluations Matter: Designing Evaluations to Exert Influence |
| Expert Lecture Session 746 to be held in Lone Star E on Saturday, Nov 13, 10:00 AM to 10:45 AM |
| Sponsored by the Quantitative Methods: Theory and Design TIG |
| Chair(s): |
| Melvin Mark, Pennsylvania State University, m5m@psu.edu |
| Presenter(s): |
| Sanjeev Sridharan, University of Toronto, sridharans@smh.toronto.on.ca |
| Abstract: Much of the discussion on evaluation design has focussed on issues of causality. There has been far more limited focus on how design can be informed by considerations of pathways of influence. This session proposes ten steps to make evaluations matter. State of the art quantitative approaches will be integrated with qualitative approaches. These ten steps are informed by program theory, learning frameworks and pathways of influence, evaluation design and learning, spread and sustainability. |