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American Evaluation Association
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This site has a plethora of links and discusses evaluations on just about any
kind of profession, CJ, business, education, etc. It has international links
too.
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Basic Guide to
Program Evaluation
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This site that offers information about program evaluation in general and
provides guidance toward planning and implementing an evaluation process for
for-profit or nonprofit programs. There are many kinds of evaluations
that can be applied to programs, for example, goals-based, process-based,
outcomes-based, etc.
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Bill Trochim's
Center for Social Research Methods "Research Pointers" page.
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This page is maintained by Professor Bill Trochim at Cornell University and
includes a variety of links of value to social science researchers in general
with several specific links related to program evaluation.
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Evaluation Associates
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A guide
to the principles and practice of evaluating policy and funding programs.
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InnoNet Strategic Planning for Nonprofits
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Innovation Network, Inc. (InnoNet) is a 501(c) 3 organization dedicated to
enabling public and nonprofit organizations to better plan, execute, and
evaluate their structure, operations, and services.
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The Rand Corporation
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Rand Corporation is a private non-profit organization that specializes in
research and development related to public sector activities ranging from
education to criminal and civil justice. This link will take you to their
"home-page" where you will find links to many other sites related
to evaluation.
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Applied Survey
Research Organization
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Applied Survey Research (ASR) is a nonprofit social research firm dedicated
to helping people build better communities. Through community assessments,
outcome evaluations, and other forms of research, employing the current best
practices in data collection, analysis, and presentation, ASR gives communities
and organizations the information they need to make informed decisions.
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SOCIAL IMPACT
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SOCIAL
IMPACT
is a management consulting and training firm. their philosophy statement says
’ÄúOur core values reflect a respect
for local knowledge and the power of collective learning and
action. We employ a participatory
process that enables organizations to bring diverse groups and people to
together to create innovative, responsive solutions to social problems.’Äù It
appears they do seminars and training to help organizations develop methods
in Project & Program Management, Gender & Social Analysis,
Project & Program Evaluation, Strategic Planning, Institutional
Development, Effective
Teams, Facilitation & Training Skills.
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MandE News
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A news service focusing on developments in monitoring and evaluation
methods relevant to development projects and programmes with social
development objectives.
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Public/Private Ventures
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Public/Private Ventures is a national nonprofit organization whose mission is
to improve the effectiveness of social policies, programs and community initiatives,
especially as they affect youth and young adults.
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This is a site for the Social Systems and Evaluation Services in
Australia. It includes useful links to sites with both methodological and
substantive management related information.
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Texas Criminal Justice Policy Council
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The Criminal Justice Policy Council is a state agency, independent of the
Texas Department of Criminal
Justice or other criminal justice agencies. The site includes a link to
"Publications"
where you can review copies of their reports and evaluations listed in
topical areas. It offers a great example of different evaluation styles used
in ways that have direct policy implications.
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Bureau of Justice
Administration
Evaluation Web-Site
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BJA is committed to the importance of program evaluation
and to developing and enhancing evaluation capabilities at the State
and local levels. Evaluation results provide policy makers and program
managers with information for future program development and can be used to
modify and improve existing programs.
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National Criminal Justice
Reference Service
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The National Criminal Justice Reference Service is an excellent site for
studies that have been performed on a wide variety of criminal justice
topics. There are full texts of evaluations and research documents
available on-line by using the search engine. This may be a good
candidate for the criminal/juvenile justice agency related evaluation sites.
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National Institute of Justice
(reference room)
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A great reference site for publications completed under the auspices of the
US Department of Justice. This site includes a posting of "recent
publications" with an easy hyper-link to a site dedicated to reports of
Research and Program Evaluation.
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Police Executive
Research Forum
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PERF is an organization formed with the idea that academics and police
executives can work effectively together toward the development of improved
law enforcement services. This site includes links to PERF supported program
evaluations.
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Texas Christian
University's Institute of Behavioral Research
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This is the address to a web page regarding the Institute of Behavioral
Research, at Texas Christian University.
This site provides links to abstracts and full publications on criminal
justice evaluation studies. Abstracts are listed by year and include
drug treatment studies and probation and prison-based project
publications. The site also provides links to national treatment
evaluation studies.
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Institute for Professional Development
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The Institute for Professional Development (IPD is a higher education
development and management corporation established to conduct research and
development activities with respect to adult education needs and trends.
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The Center for the Study of Testing,
Evaluation, and Educational Policy (CSTEEP)
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The Center for the Study of Testing, Evaluation, and Educational Policy
(CSTEEP) is an educational research organization located at Boston College in
the School of Education. Since its inception in 1980, CSTEEP has conducted
research on: testing, evaluation, and public policy studies to improve school
assessment practices and international comparative research.
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American Association for Higher Education
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The AAHE is an organization committed to the enhancement of university level
education. Many professional development programs fall under the auspices of
universities and the "Publications" link at this page will send you
to many sources that involve the evaluation of professional education and
"adult learning."
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American Society of Training and Development
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ASTD provides information, research, analysis and practical information
derived from its own research, the knowledge and experience of its members,
its conferences, expositions, seminars, publications and the coalitions and partnerships
it has built through research and policy work.
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ERIC/ACVE
Clearinghouse on Adult Career and Vocational
Education
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This site includes links to publications, new reports, data bases, and a
variety of other information sources related to continuing education, adult
education, and vocational education. Many of the publications focus on
evaluations of different programs.
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U.S. Department of
Education's Vocational and Adult Education Resources
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Links to a variety of reports related to the evaluation of vocational and
adult education programs. Also includes links to "evaluation tools"
that will be of interest to educational evaluators.
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Academy of Criminal
Justice Sciences
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The ACJS is one of the leading professional associations whose membership is
composed of researchers, educators, lawyers, and criminal justice
professionals. They sponsor the publication of The
Journal of Criminal Justice Education and a newsletter ACJS Today
both of which regularly include articles and essays related to
criminal justice education.
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ERICAE Practical
Assessment, Research & Evalulation
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Practical Assessment, Research and Evaluation (PARE) is an on-line journal
published by the ERIC Clearinghouse on Assessment and Evaluation (ERIC/AE)
and the Department of Measurement, Statistics, and Evaluation at the
University of Maryland, College Park. Its purpose is to provide education professionals
access to refereed articles that can have a positive impact on assessment,
research, evaluation, and teaching practice, especially at the local
education agency (LEA) level.
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Federal Judicial Center
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The Federal Judicial Center is the research and education agency of the
federal judicial system. It was established by Congress in 1967 (28 U.S.C. §§
620-629), on the recommendation of the Judicial Conference of the United
States. Their site includes links to several sites that report on the outcome
of different training programs they have conducted.
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North Central Regional Education
Laboratory
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This link takes you to NCREL's comprehensive Web source on school
professional development (PD). Here you will find a full range of information
geared to help you make professional development a bedrock of excellence in
your school or district. This site is designed for school and district-level
teachers, administrators, and others interested in improving professional
development. Although not directly related to criminal justice, this site
provides good information on the topic of professional development and
includes a link to a site that gives step-by-step instructions on
"how-to" evaluate professional development programs.
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Texas
Law Enforcement Training Coordinators Association
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TLETCA stands for Texas Law Enforcement Training
Coordinators Association. A little over a year ago TCLEOSE the Texas
Commission on Law Enforcement Officers Standards Education modified the state
Licensing test to become a Peace Officer. This web page provides a place
where training instructors can find resources (and a few fun links) to better
the development of training. It also includes links to educational
institutions because there is a growing trend to have officer develop 2 year
and 4 year degrees.
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