Other Extension Program Evaluation Resources

American Evaluation Association: national conference, institutes, networking, etc.

University of Wisconsin Extension, Program Development and Evaluation

Provides comprehensive, extension evaluation specific Quick Tips, free online Logic Model short course, guide to building evaluation capacity within community organizations, and much more.

http://www.uwex.edu/ces/pdande/index.html

PennState, College of Agricultural Sciences, Cooperative Extension & Outreach

Provides practical evaluation Tipsheets, examples, and other resources.

http://extension.psu.edu/evaluation/

Rutgers, New Jersey Agricultrual Experiment Station, Cooperative Research and Extension

Provides fact sheets, self-assessment tools, evaluting educational materials, evaluating teaching information, sample evaluation tools, and other resources.

http://njaes.rutgers.edu/evaluation/

The Evaluation Center at Western Michigan University

Provides checklists on topics such as: evaluation design, evaluation models, evaluation critiera, evalution capacity building, etc.

http://www.wmich.edu/evalctr/checklists/evaluation-checklists/

Evaluating Training 

Evaluating training www.kirkpatrickpartners.com

Example: short article on easy training follow-up survey Easy training follow-up

Evaluation Blogs

Minnesota Evaluation Studies Institute's list of blogs on evaluation

Nationwide Extension Evaluation Examples

Journal of Extension June 2009 - this entire issue is devoted to Extension evaluation efforts and tools

Informal Science Education Evaluation Resources

Research and Evaluation Instruments on InformalScience.org allows users to search a collection of evaluation instruments and tools, including user-submitted evaluation reports with embedded instruments, as well as assessment tools from Assessment Tools in Informal Science (ATIS). Use the metadata on the left side of the page to filter your search.

My Environmental Education Evaluation Resource Assistant (MEERA) -- MEERA is an online “evaluation consultant” designed by the University of Michigan. It points to resources that are helpful when evaluating environmental education programs. 

Framework for Evaluating Impacts of Informal Science Education Projects (NSF)