Below are just some of the available resources on program evaluation that you can access via the World Wide Web. For more information, you may want to consult with the staff at your local or regional prevention center and departments of education and public health. You can also ask your evaluator, your district's Safe and Drug-Free Schools Coordinator, and other colleagues for recommended readings on evaluation.

• Organizations and Associations
• Program Evaluation Guides
• More Information About Logic Models

Organization and Associations

The following organizations and associations can provide you with valuable information about program evaluation:

• American Evaluation Association
  www.eval.org/

• Center for Prevention Research and Development
  www.cprd.uiuc.edu/

• Central Center for the Application of Prevention Technologies
  www2.miph.org/capt_eval/

• Children, Youth, and Families Education and Research Network
  twosocks.ces.ncsu.edu/cyfdb/browse_2.php?search=Evaluation

• University of Kansas's Community Tool Box
  ctb.lsi.ukans.edu/

• ERIC Clearinghouse on Assessment and Evaluation
  ericae.net/

• Empowerment Evaluation Institute
  www.stanford.edu/~davidf/institute.html

• Evaluation Center
  www.wmich.edu/evalctr/

• Evaluator's Institute
  www.evaluatorsinstitute.com/

• Harvard Family Research Project's Evaluation Exchange
  gseweb.harvard.edu/hfrp/eval.html

• Northeast Center for the Application of Prevention Technologies
  www.northeastcapt.org/resources/program/program_evaluation.html

• On-line Evaluation Resource Library
  oerl.sri.com/

• Research Triangle Institute
  www.rti.org/

• Search Institute
  www.search-institute.org/

• Sociometrics Corporation
  www.socio.com/

• United Way of America's Outcome Measurement Resource Network
  national.unitedway.org/outcomes/

• University of Wisconsin Cooperative Extension's Program Development and Evaluation Unit
  www.uwex.edu/ces/pdande/

• U.S. Department of Evaluation's Planning and Evaluation Service
  www.ed.gov/offices/OUS/PES/

• Westat
  www.westat.com/

• Western Center for the Application of Prevention Technologies
  www.unr.edu/westcapt/bestpractices/eval.htm

• World Band Evaluation Unit
  wbln0018.worldbank.org/wbies/wbievalu.nsf

Program Evaluation Guides

The following guides address many of the topics touched on in this on-line event and provide step-by-step instructions for planning and implementing program evaluations:

• Basic Guide to Program Evaluation by Carter McNamara
  www.mapnp.org/library/evaluatn/fnl_eval.htm#anchor1575679

• Evaluate Programs by CSAP's Decision Support System
  www.preventiondss.org/

• Evaluation Cookbook by the Learning Technology Dissemination Initiative
  www.icbl.hw.ac.uk/ltdi/cookbook/contents.html#endhead

• Evaluation Handbook by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation
  www.wkkf.org/pubs/tools/evaluation/pub770.pdf

• Getting to Outcomes: Methods and Tools for Planning, Self-Evaluation, and Accountability by Wandersman, Imm, Chinman, and Kaftarian
  www.stanford.edu/~davidf/empowermentevaluation.html#GTO

• A Guide to Family Intervention and Prevention Program Evaluation by CYFERnet
  www.fourh.umn.edu/evaluation/evaluationfiles/family/default.html
  Note: This guide includes extensive information about evaluability assessment.

• Improving Evaluation Practice: Best Practice Guidelines for Evaluation by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
  www1.oecd.org/puma/pac/pubs/evaluation.pdf

• Measuring Program Outcomes: A Practical Approach by the United Way
  national.unitedway.org/outcomes/resources/mpo/

• Planning a Program Evaluation by the University of Wisconsin Cooperative Extension
  cf.uwex.edu/ces/pubs/pdf/G3658_1.PDF

• Taking Stock: A Practical Guide to Evaluating Your Own Programs by Horizon Research, Inc.
  www.horizon-research.com/publications/stock.pdf

• Understanding Evaluation: The Way to Better Prevention Programs by Westat
  www.ed.gov/PDFDocs/handbook.pdf

• User-Friendly Handbook for Mixed-Methods Evaluation by the National Science Foundation
  www.ehr.nsf.gov/EHR/REC/pubs/NSF97-153/start.htm

• User-Friendly Handbook for Program Evaluation by the National Science Foundation
  www.ehr.nsf.gov/EHR/RED/EVAL/handbook/handbook.htm

More Information About Logic Models

While many of the above guides include information about logic models, you can learn even more about this topic from the following resources:

• Applying a Theory of Change Approach to the Evaluation of Comprehensive Community Initiatives: Progress, Prospects, and Problems by the Aspen Institute
  www.aspenroundtable.org/vol2/connell.htm

• Selected Bibliography: Logic Models in Program Evaluation by the CDC Evaluation Working Group
  www.cdc.gov/eval/logic%20model%20bibliography.PDF

• Everything You Wanted to Know About Logic Models But Were Afraid to Ask by Connie C. Schmitz and Beverly A. Parsons
  www.insites.org/documents/logmod.htm

• Logic Model: Your Map and Model of Action (in section 2 of Evaluating Collaboratives) by the University of Wisconsin Cooperative Extension
  cf.uwex.edu/ces/pubs/pdf/G3658_8.PDF

• Program Logic Model (excerpt from the Program Evaluation Toolkit) by the Ontario Ministry of Health
  www.uottawa.ca/academic/med/epid/excerpt.htm

For more information, check out the resources compiled by the CDC Evaluation Working Group.