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Getting to impact: Using the evaluation standard to measure results

By Saundra Rowell
April 2007
Vol. 28 No. 2
I serve on a local nonprofit foundation board that awards grants to community organizations that sponsor programs to discourage teen pregnancy. Over the years, the foundation has developed research-based rubrics for scoring grant applications. But recently, board members noted that agencies seeking funding don’t describe the impact of their program on the youth they serve. During a visit to one of the foundation’s grant recipients, I was reminded of NSDC’s standard on evaluation: Staff development that improves the learning of all students uses multiple sources of information to guide improvement and demonstrate its impact. The agency I visited has had a program for nine years that focuses on helping high-risk students with personal development, health plans, healthy dating habits, and pregnancy prevention. Staff are genuinely

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References

Guskey, T.R. (2000). Evaluating professional development. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press.

Killion, J. (2002). Assessing impact: Evaluating staff development. Oxford, OH: NSDC.

National Staff Development Council. (2001). Standards for staff development (revised). Oxford, OH: Author.

Wholey, J. (1987). Organizational excellence: Stimulating quality and communicating value. Lexington, MA: Lexington Books.


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