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Evaluation & Research Pre -Conference Session

Join us for an informal pre-conference session where states and territories can share their work, discuss successes and challenges, and explore common topics of interest related to evaluation and research in SLDS. This participant-driven session aims to promote dialogue and collaboration. Don't miss out!

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Evaluation & Research Pre -Conference Session

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  1. Evaluation & Research Pre-Conference Session • SLDS Best Practices Conference • February 13, 2017 • Carla Howe, Ph.D. and Monica Young, Ph.D.SLDS State Support Team

  2. Welcome!

  3. Pre-Conference Overview

  4. Workshop purpose This pre-conference session is designed to be an informal venue for states and territories: To share their work To discuss successes and challenges regarding common topics of interest. It is to be participant-driven.

  5. Agenda Introductions Topics for discussion: Research agenda questions and topic areas Research methodologies for answering questions Outreach and awareness of the increased capacity to conduct research Program evaluation

  6. Introductions

  7. Introductions Please introduce yourself: Your name Your agency/organization Your role Expectations/hopes for attending today’s session

  8. Research Agenda Questions and Topic Areas

  9. Research Agenda Questions & Topics In your agency… How were research agenda questions generated? Who was involved? What are the major topics covered by the research agenda? How has the research agenda increased transparency? What challenges have occurred as a result of having a research agenda?

  10. Research Methodologies for Answering Questions

  11. Research Methodologies for Answering Questions How does your agency ensure that researchers are checking for missing data, outliers, implausible data/errors? (casewise, pairwise, listwise) How does your agency ensure that internal or external researchers check all assumptions prior to going forward with analyses? Have you created Connections in CEDS to make those questions transparent and replicable? How does your agency ensure that results are reviewed and/or verified by the agency prior to making them public?

  12. Outreach and Awareness of the Increased Capacity to Conduct Research & Evaluation

  13. Outreach & Awareness In what ways has your agency increased its own capacity to conduct research and evaluation? How has this increased capacity been communicated? What types of requests have you been able to fulfill with the increased capacity? What has been successful? What still needs to be done?

  14. Program Evaluation

  15. Program Evaluation In what areas does your agency conduct program evaluations? What is typically reviewed in these evaluations (e.g., implementation, outcomes, impact, cost-benefit)? Are these evaluations conducted by internal evaluators or external evaluators? How are the results used? How could the results be used more effectively?

  16. Contacts Monica Young, monica.young@sst-slds.org Carla Howe, carla.howe@sst-slds.org

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