Evaluation Implementation:
Wilder Research, 2014 — A toolkit for working with communities to determine the most appropriate approaches for assessing community needs and readiness.
MN Department of Human Services, 2010 — A tool developed by the MN Department of Human Services, Alcohol and Drug Abuse Division, for measuring community readiness for ATOD prevention efforts, as well as an article describing the validation of the tool.
Wilder Research, 2010 — Describes five general steps involved in a community assessment and describes real-life examples from Wilder of putting each step into practice.
Wilder Research, 2010 — PowerPoint presentation about defining research questions, indicators, outcomes, and ways to measure them. Presentation from Wilder Research program evaluation workshop series held on May 14, 2010 at Wilder Center.
Wilder Research, 2009 — Defines informed consent and introduces different types of consent. Samples of student, passive parent, and active parental consent forms are provided.
Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America, 2008 — Provides the basic tools to develop a comprehensive evaluation plan and create and implement a local evaluation.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2008 — Guide to help design and implement valid, reliable process evaluations for tobacco use prevention and control programs. The report defines process evaluation and describes the rationale, benefits, key data collection components, and program evaluation management procedures. It also discusses how process evaluation links with outcome evaluation and fits within an overall approach to evaluating comprehensive tobacco control programs.
Wilder Research, 2008 — Identifies important things to consider when planning an evaluation, including what you hope to accomplish and choosing the most appropriate information gathering strategies.
Wilder Research, 2006 — Tip sheet for developing a data collection plan, including the advantages and disadvantages of various collection methods.
Free Management Library, Authenticity Consulting, LLC, 2006 — This website provides practical tips about types of question topics, sequence and wording of questions, and conducting the interview.
Cooperative Extension of the University of Wisconsin-Extension, 2005 — Guide for tobacco-free coalitions to measure the outcomes of their work. Provides practical procedures and tools based on best practices in community-based tobacco control. In addition to an overview of evaluation, the guide includes logic models, data collection plans, and case studies on smoke-free environments, reducing and preventing youth tobacco use, and treating tobacco addiction.
Task Force on College Drinking, 2002 — Presents a five-step process for implementation of effective prevention planning and evaluation with the goal of maximizing the impact of prevention strategies and measuring impact.
National Science Foundation, 2002 — Basic guide to evaluation for those who want to learn about what evaluation can do and how to do an evaluation. The report is divided into four major sections: evaluation and types of evaluation, the steps in doing an evaluation, an overview of quantitative and qualitative data collection methods, and strategies that address culturally responsive evaluation.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2001 — This guide for planning and implementing evaluation activities includes information on planning, engaging stakeholders, evaluation design, and using findings.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1999 — Presents the steps in program evaluation practice and standards for effective evaluation.
W.K. Kellogg Foundation, 1998 — This often-cited resource provides a framework for thinking about evaluation and outlines a blueprint for designing and conducting evaluations, either independently or with the support of an external evaluator/consultant.
U.S. Department of Education’s Higher Education Center for Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse and Violence Prevention, 1998 — Covers the important issues to consider when selecting data collection instruments and the leading instruments used in the postsecondary prevention field. More than 20 instrument samples are included.
U.S. General Accounting Office, 1993 — This in-depth paper provides rationales for determining when questionnaires should be used to accomplish your objectives. It also describes how to plan, design, and use a questionnaire in conducting a population survey.
Westat, Inc., 1993 — Describes the "how and why" of program evaluation and outlines the steps involved, working from the premise that many useful evaluations can be conducted by program staff who may not have formal training in evaluation.
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, 1989 — Quick online suggestions to guide the development of survey questions.