a changing landscape: the evolving world of measurement and evaluation

A Changing Landscape:The evolving world of measurement

and evaluation

Saint Paul Children's Collaborative Community of Care

June 14, 2012

GTCUW’s Mission

Uniting caring people to build pathways out of poverty, creating

opportunity for all.

Key Areas of Focus

• Education

• Basic Needs

• Health

Parenting and Early Care Reading By Quality High School Home Visiting and Education Third Grade Out-of-School Time Graduation

A Brief History

What do we mean when we say…

A Changing Field

Emerging Strategies

Program Level:

• Improved capacity building for programs

• Comprehensive evaluation support

• Improved relationship management

• Continuous improvement mechanisms

• Emphasis on equity

Systems level:

• Alignment of cross-sector public/private partnerships

• Support of community measurement systems

• Support collective impact• Identifying opportunities

to scale for impact

Room for improvement

• Common definitions—crowded playing field

• Tailored capacity-building/technical assistance

• Data sharing negotiation/agreements

• Alignment between funders

Baseline Expectations for Funding

• Two years’ worth of experience in a specific program;

• Systems in place to collect and analyze data;

• Research-based best practices that lead to strong outcomes;

• Demonstrated success in collaborating with others.

We also look at…

• Financial health of your organization– Operating budget– 70% or less of program budget– Number of funding sources

• Progress towards diversity/equity

Questions?

Resources

• Child Trends (http://www.childtrends.org/)

• Lisbeth Schorr (http://lisbethschorr.org/doc/ExpandingtheEvidenceUniverseRichmanSymposiumPaper.pdf)

• Kellogg Foundation Logic Model• Collective Impact

(http://www.ssireview.org/pdf/2011_WI_Feature_Kania.pdf)

• Poverty Report (https://www.unitedwaytwincities.org/research__data/faces_of_poverty/)

Contact Us

Meghan Barp, Director of Education

Meghan.Barp@unitedwaytwincities.org

Elizabeth A. Peterson, Ph.D., Director of Research & Planning

Liz.Peterson@unitedwaytwincities.org