| Roundtable: Negotiating Multiple Challenges While Maintaining Quality: Lessons From Urban:Rural Alaska |
| Roundtable Presentation 842 to be held in BONHAM A on Saturday, Nov 13, 1:40 PM to 2:25 PM |
| Sponsored by the Collaborative, Participatory & Empowerment Evaluation TIG |
| Presenter(s): |
| Rosyland Frazier, University of Alaska, Anchorage, anrrf@uaa.alaska.edu |
| Alexandra Hill, University of Alaska, Anchorage, anarh1@uaa.alaska.edu |
| Abstract: We discuss the challenges of evaluating a student exchange program between urban:rural Alaska schools. These include limitations on evaluation design stemming from the self selected nature of the group; the fact that participants are minors; and the difficulty of measuring changes in attitude. These challenges are multiplied by the need to build relationships with new program staff who were not part of evaluation design and aren’t familiar with empowerment and evaluation principles. Each of these affects the ability to collect adequate and appropriate data that is essential to evaluation quality. |