Evaluating

Measuring dollars and change

Loreal Mallett, Oct 15, 2012

A Q&A with Jennifer McClain, who helps Financial Opportunity Centers around the country use data to help clients improve their family finances

Community, relationships and the power of place

Eileen Figel, May 7, 2012

Robert Sampson's new book shows that collective efficacy at the neighborhood level is a living entity--and that means place matters.

Thinking through evaluation

Maureen Kelleher, Apr 16, 2012

Program evaluation can be surprisingly complex. Take the time and effort to figure out the what, why and how you’ll do the measurement.

Next generation community revitalization: A work in progress

Eileen Figel, Apr 2, 2012

A new report sums up lessons from across six different comprehensive community development networks.

Book Review: A Wider, Wilder View of Program Evaluation

Reviewed by Sarah Rankin, Dec 12, 2011

Evaluation guru Michael Quinn Patton gives evaluators permission to break out of some of the field’s traditional boxes to find answers for programs that are multifaceted and constantly evolving.

Measuring the impact of community development: A conversation with Paul Mattessich of Wilder Research

By Ela Rausch, Aug 15, 2011

Community development practitioners want to be more effective. Their funders want to gauge the value of their investments. And everyone wants to know: How did the community really benefit?

Evaluating Integration in Elev8

by Stephen Baker and Lauren Rich, Jul 20, 2011

An evaluation of Elev8, a program using a comprehensive approach to transform the educational achievement and life outcomes of disadvantaged middle-school students in five Chicago schools.

Voices from the Field III

By Anne C. Kubisch, Patricia Auspos, Prudence Brown, Tom Dewar, Dec 2, 2010

The Aspen Institute Roundtable on Community Change recently published a review of 48 major comprehensive community initiatives, and related community change efforts, of the past two decades.

How to Live with – and Benefit from – Evaluation Requirements

By Elizabeth Duffrin, Sep 10, 2010

Nobody loves being evaluated, especially when the requirements are unrealistic or they change over time. But taking a proactive approach can give your nonprofit more control over the process, and…

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