We work closely with PIs on grant proposals to design evaluation plans, write the evaluation section and develop the evaluation budget. We implement evaluation plans, review evaluation data with PI’s ...

Focus groups are a fast and effective way to elicit information and perspectives from a variety of key informants simultaneously. In public health, it is often a standard research methodology that is ...

The mission of the Center for Program Evaluation (CPE) is to conduct research on program evaluation methods as well as to offer evaluation planning, consulting, training and services for the ...

“We’ve done evaluations before, but the results weren’t that useful or interesting.” “I barely have time to get to all the things on my to-do list, let alone to spend extra time reflecting and ...

Denise Drane is the Executive Director of the Program Evaluation Core. She also holds the position of Senior Director for Research and Evaluation in Northwestern’s Searle Center for Advancing Learning ...

Service Overview: This foundational service helps researchers define clear objectives, structure projects, and build a roadmap to guide activities and outcomes. We work with you to develop logic ...

The Poverty Center staff conduct program evaluations to help organizations understand the extent to which they are meeting their program and/or project goals, the impact they are having on the people ...