Innovations in evaluation : a report on evaluation in the field of sexual violence prevention

Townsend, Stephanie M.

Innovations in evaluation : a report on evaluation in the field of sexual violence prevention Stephanie M. Townsend - Enola, PA : National Sexual Violence Resource Center, 2017 - electronic document (38 pages) ; PDF file: 11.42 MB; TXT format also available

This report highlights six US-based state- and local-level approaches to evaluation and explores organizational and
individual factors of evaluation capacity. Building capacity for evaluation and evaluative thinking requires both organizational
and individual change. Organizational factors include having:
• a culture of learning, leadership that supports evaluation
• resources and processes that support evaluation
• active communication about evaluation
Individual factors include:
• being aware of the benefits of evaluation
• being motivated to engage in evaluation
• evaluation-specific knowledge
• evaluation-specific skills. (From the executive summary). Record #5382


PREVENTION
SEXUAL VIOLENCE
EVALUATION


UNITED STATES