Education Project Evaluation - Getting Help
Tool: Evaluation Help Checklist
To help you assess what assistance you need to evaluate your project we've developed this checklist. Read through the skills and click on the response that best matches your ability. Based on your response you will be directed to a resource that may help you. You can also review the Online Help or Evaluator Directory for more guidance.
| Getting Started (General Info) | |
| I can do this | Great! |
| I need some help with this | National Science Foundation Evaluation Design W.K. Kellogg Foundation: Toolkit on Evaluation Online Evaluation Resource Library (OERL): Overview My Environmental Education Evaluation Resource Assistant (MEERA) Digital Library for Earth System Education (DLESE) Evaluation Services Univ. of Wisconsin-Extension Program Development & Evaluation |
| I'm not sure what this is | Evaluation Plan |
Setting Goals & Writing Objectives |
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| I can do this | Great! |
| I need some help with this | SDSU Educational Technology: Understanding Objectives |
| I'm not sure what this is | Goal, Objectives |
Linking Objectives & Outcomes (logic models) |
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| I need some help with this | University of Wisconsin-Extension: Logic Model |
| I'm not sure what this is | Evaluation Plan, Logic Models |
Identifying Appropriate & Measurable Outcomes |
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| I'm not sure what this is | Outcome, Objective |
Researching Literature/Finding Evaluation Studies |
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| I'm not sure what this is | Literature Review |
Setting & Designing Data Collection Methods (Surveys, etc.) |
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| I need some help with this | |
| I'm not sure what this is | Instrument, Item |
Collecting Data |
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| I'm not sure what this is | Sample, Sampling, Random |
Coding & Entering Data for Analysis |
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| I can do this | Great! |
| I need some help with this | Coding Qualitative Data (pdf) |
| I'm not sure what this is | Coding |
Analyzing Data |
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| I need some help with this | |
| I'm not sure what this is | Statistic, Descriptive Statistics, Inferential Statistics |
Reporting Results |
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| I can do this | Great! |
| I need some help with this | National Science Foundation: Developing Evaluation Reports Online Evaluation Resource Library (OERL): Reports University of Wisconsin-Extension: Basics of Good Evaluation Reporting (pdf) |
| I'm not sure what this is | Results |
Online Help
My Environmental Education Evaluation Resource Assistant (MEERA)
This website provides evaluation resources for formal and non-formal environmental educators. Current offerings include professionally selected and reviewed how-to guides and other resources for evaluating environmental education programs as well as a discussion forum. MEERA is made possible by the University of Michigan, USDA Forest Service and the EPA.
OERL (Online Evaluation Resource Library)
This library was developed for professionals seeking to design, conduct, document, or review project evaluations. The purpose of this system is to collect and make available evaluation plans, instruments, and reports for NSF projects that can be used as examples by Principal Investigators, project evaluators, and others outside the NSF community as they design proposals and projects. OERL also includes professional development modules that can be used to better understand and utilize the materials made available. OERL's mission is to support the continuous improvement of project evaluations.