Hello! I’m Valerie Marshall, a senior research associate at EvaluATE. Over the last year, I have worked with evaluators and principal investigators...
Evaluation is more than collecting data and writing reports. At its best, evaluation helps ATE projects understand what is working, identify opportunities...
Through participation in EvaluATE’s professional development offerings, we have both experienced moments that reshaped how we think about evaluation practice and the...
In your view, what makes a successful evaluation? I have been a consultant for most of my career, so I’m very client-focused....
While strong evaluations often utilize mixed methods, using multiple methods does not automatically strengthen evaluation (see Lyssa Wilson Becho’s 2017 blog post,...
In your view, what makes a successful evaluation? A successful evaluation does more than measure outcomes; it shifts understanding, informs action, and...
There are small-moment conversations that happen at professional conferences that rarely appear in formal sessions. They take place between presentations, on the...
What evaluation approaches inform your practice? Do you gravitate more toward quantitative, qualitative, or mixed methods? My evaluation practice is grounded in...
I recently submitted substantial paperwork in response to a request for bid (RFB) to do evaluation work related to an NSF grant....
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