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Building evaluation capacity: Guide 2 collecting and using data in cross-project evaluations (pp. 21-25) by P. B. Campbell
Building Evaluation
and B. C. Clewell (2008). Washington, DC: The Urban Institute. The entire guide can be downloaded Capacity
at http://www. 21 2
urban.org/publications/411651.html. Last accessed December 10, 2008.
Practice: Take action in response to evaluation results
Key Action: Discuss your findings with different stakeholders
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Project A B C D E F G H I J K L M N
# Instructors 10 12 5 12 2 23 15 10 18 3 8 18 1 39
Building evaluation capacity: Guide 2 collecting and using data in cross-project evaluations (pp. 21-25) by P. B. Campbell
22 and Building Evaluation
B. C. Clewell Capacity
(2008). Washington, DC: The Urban Institute. The entire guide can be downloaded at http://www. 3
urban.org/publications/411651.html. Last accessed December 10, 2008.
Practice: Take action in response to evaluation results
Key Action: Discuss your findings with different stakeholders
100 percent positive change, it also Table 8. Number and Percentage of Instructors
had only one participating instructor. Changing Their Use of Student-Centered
The same data from the previous Pedagogical Techniques, by Project
disaggregated chart can also be pre- Number of % Positive %No % Negative
sented in a table (table 8). In general, instructors change change change
tables are more space effective but do Project A 10 40 0 60
not have the same visual impact as a Project B 12 75 0 25
well-constructed chart.
Project C 5 60 20 20
The previous examples show data
Project D 12 67 0 33
disaggregated by project, disaggre-
Project E 2 50 0 50
gating them by other variables may
also prove useful. In table 9, cross- Project F 23 52 13 35
project data are reported based on the Project G 15 53 7 40
type of professional development that Project H 10 80 10 10
instructors received. Presenting data Project I 18 50 0 50
in this way allows the reader to draw Project J 3 67 0 33
conclusions about the effectiveness of Project K 8 75 0 25
the type of intervention received. Project L 18 44 0 56
The most important considera- Project M 1 100 0 0
tion when choosing how to present
Project N 39 44 15 41
data is the story you would like to
Totals 176 54 7 39
tell—tables and graphs are only as
useful as the thought behind them.
Building evaluation capacity: Guide 2 collecting and using data in cross-project evaluations (pp. 21-25) by P. B. Campbell
Building Evaluation Capacity
and B. C. Clewell (2008). Washington, DC: The Urban Institute. The entire guide can be downloaded at http://www.
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urban.org/publications/411651.html. Last accessed December 10, 2008.
Practice: Take action in response to evaluation results
Key Action: Discuss your findings with different stakeholders
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Number of Students
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Enrollment
Stage Admits New Enrollees Advance to Candidacy PhD Recipients All Enrollees
School Year 96–97 97–98 98–99 99–00 00–01 01–02 02–03 03–04 04–05
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Number of Students
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School Year 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05
Building evaluation capacity: Guide 2 collecting and using data in cross-project evaluations (pp. 21-25) by P. B. Campbell
and B. C. Clewell (2008). Washington, DC: The Urban Institute. The entire guide can be downloaded at http://www. 5
urban.org/publications/411651.html. Last accessed December 10, 2008.
Practice: Take action in response to evaluation results
Key Action: Discuss your findings with different stakeholders
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● funding agencies
● program areas
● individual projects
Building evaluation capacity: Guide 2 collecting and using data in cross-project evaluations (pp. Evaluation
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P. B. Campbell
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and B. C. Clewell (2008). Washington, DC: The Urban Institute. The entire guide can be downloaded at http://www. 6
urban.org/publications/411651.html. Last accessed December 10, 2008.