MANDEL SCHOOL
NEWS AND EVENTS

In today's environment of program accountability, it is important to make sure that you have data on your services. But beyond accountability, data have an important role to play in program planning and improvement within organizations. Within the domain of evaluation research, a key area of inquiry relates to the monitoring of program implementation and outcome. Program funders, managers, staff and evaluators are all interested in understanding the extent to which programs are delivered as intended and whether the initial anticipated outcomes are being achieved. These types of data are vital in helping assess program performance and informing program improvement initiatives over time. The development of a data monitoring framework, however, requires input and buy-in from all levels within an organization, as well as the commitment of resources to sustain the collection  and analysis of the process and outcome data.

Please contact Rebecca Zirm at the Mandel Center for more information or to register.