By Monica Coleman Greetings! My name is Monica Coleman, and I’m a graduate assistant at the Center for Research Evaluation (CERE) at the University of Mississippi (UM). As it is my first post on our blog, I’ll start by…
By Sarah Mason There’s a fundamental paradox in the field of evaluation. Many of us want to help decision makers improve social programs. We want program leaders to use our data to inform future actions…yet, strangely, we do this by…
By Shannon Sharp Logic models and theories of change help programs organize and illustrate their activities and goals. Funders often require these illustrations to help them understand exactly what a proposed initiative intends to do and what change is expected…
