In my blog posts, I talk a lot about various types of performance measures, how to develop and collect them, and how to incorporate them in a logic model. One thing that I have been thinking a lot about, recently, is the role that different measures play in different types of decision-making, ...

When we are setting out to evaluate or report on our programs, we often assume that we have to create new data, generally by going back to our participants and having them complete surveys, questionnaires, or even tests. However, there is often a huge trove of information that already exists in ...

  In previous posts, I've mentioned that the further outcomes are in time, the harder it is to collect that outcome data. For example, if your program provides tutoring services to middle schoolers that are intended to increase their college attendance rates, it will be very challenging -- and take ...