Can impact evaluations make a difference? Can they be something more than looking for the keys where the light is instead of where the keys were actually lost? The answer is an unequivocal yes, but for reasons other than the ones usually put forth. The argument I make in this note is that impact evaluations are important not only because of their direct effect in showing which … [Read more...] about Let There Be (More) Light: The Case for Impact Evaluations
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2015: A Year to Evaluate
Evidence for the World We Want “Marty McFly: Hey, Doc! Where you goin' now? Back to the future? Doc: Nope. Already been there.” “The future has arrived,” and not in a figurative way; we are living in it, literally, at least for Dr. Emmet and Marty McFly from the sci-fi classic trilogy “Back to the Future.” A few may remember that the last “future” date in this late 80s … [Read more...] about 2015: A Year to Evaluate