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“The expertise that the evaluation specialists at ICI brought to designing the Minnesota High School Exit Form and the Postschool Follow-Up Interview Form helped us narrow our focus in order to meet federal reporting requirements and improve transition services for youth in Minnesota.” - Jayne Spain, Transition Specialist, Minnesota Department of Education

Services and Approach

The evaluation specialists at The Evaluation Group have knowledge and experience in a variety of evaluation models, methods, and practices, including outcome and process evaluations, capacity-building models, and utilization-focused evaluation.

Evaluation specialists at The Evaluation Group also have expertise in helping organizations build capacity to conduct their own evaluations. The Evaluation Group can provide your organization with an introduction to program evaluation or provide more specific trainings in a variety of areas, including how to conduct interviews and focus groups, how to analyze qualitative data, how to develop and administer surveys, and how to report evaluation information.

The Evaluation Group offers a broad array of evaluation services to interested clients around the country.

The Evaluation Group can help your organization:

  • Design and implement quality program evaluations.
  • Document and report outcomes.
  • Meet federal, state, and local reporting requirements.
  • Develop strategic plans with strong evaluation components.

The Evaluation Group can also:

  • Provide evaluation expertise to meet grant requirements.
  • Provide staff development and training on evaluation practices.

Specifically, the evaluation specialists at The Evaluation Group will:

  • Determine your evaluation needs;
  • Design your evaluation plan using experimental, quasi-experimental, mixed methods, and/or qualitative approaches;
  • Develop data collection instruments;
  • Collect data;
  • Analyze data;
  • Interpret results;
  • Report findings; and/or
  • Facilitate use of evaluation results.

Evaluations conducted by The Evaluation Group follow rigorous evaluation techniques, as well as adhere to the Joint Committee Standards, to the American Evaluation Association's Guiding Principles, and to pertinent content area standards.