Full Schedule

8:00 AM – 9:00 AM PST

A Tale Not Worth (Re)Telling: Re-Imagining Narratives Surrounding Evaluation Practice

Location: E141-143

Presenter: – Elizabeth Grim Consulting, LLC

Presenter: – Hartford Foundation for Public Giving

Organizational Learning and Evaluation Capacity Building

8:00 AM – 9:00 AM PST

“Building Evaluation Capacity: The Importance of Proactive and Responsive Evaluation Redesign when Evaluating Complex and Large-scale Programs”

Location: B113-114

Presenter: – Orange County Public Schools

Presenter: – Gibson Consulting

Presenter: – Orange County Public Schools

Program Design

8:00 AM – 9:00 AM PST

Amplifying and Empowering Member Voices in Evaluation: Progress through unconferencing

Location: Portland Ballroom 256

Presenter: – Ripple Effect

Presenter: – Deloitte Consulting, LLC

Presenter: – Evaluation & Development Associates, LLC

Presenter: – The School of Solutions

Presenter: – Utilization-Focused Evaluation

Presenter: – Claremont Graduate University

Use and Influence of Evaluation

8:00 AM – 9:00 AM PST

Applying Culturally Responsive Practices to Center and Amplify Voices in a Higher Education Assessment

Location: B115-116

Presenter: – WhitworthKee Consulting

Assessment in Higher Education

8:00 AM – 9:00 AM PST

Assessing impact in translational science: Models, indicators, and approaches

Location: C124

8:00 AM – 8:15 AM PST

Collective Action, Collective Impact: Re-imagining approaches to measuring translational impact

Location: C124

Presenter: – University of California, Davis

Author: – University of California, Davis

Translational Research Evaluation

8:15 AM – 8:30 AM PST

Bridging the Gap: Aligning Community and State Public Health Goals with Academic Research Organizations’ Activities through Indicator Mapping

Location: C124

Presenter: – University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Presenter: – Duke University

Presenter: – University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Presenter: – Wake Forest University

Translational Research Evaluation

8:30 AM – 8:45 AM PST

Evaluating a Multi-Institutional Alliance Clinical and Translational Science Award: The Integrated Translational Evaluation Model (ITEM) for outcome, benefit, and ecosystem impact evaluation

Location: C124

Presenter: – University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston

Translational Research Evaluation

8:45 AM – 9:00 AM PST

The PCAAO Model for Scientific Team Evaluation: A Proposed Framework of Evaluation Criteria and Outcome Measures

Location: C124

Author: – University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston

Translational Research Evaluation

8:00 AM – 9:00 AM PST

Beyond Interpretation & Translation: Lessons Learned & Considerations for Moving Toward Language Justice in Local Government Public Health Evaluations

Location: Portland Ballroom 252

Presenter: – Public Health - Seattle & King County

Presenter: – Public Health Seattle & King County

Government Evaluation

8:00 AM – 9:00 AM PST

Capacity Sharing as a Mechanism for Amplifying and Empowering Diverse Voices in International Development Evaluation Partnerships

Location: F151-152

Presenter: – Purdue University

Chair: – Purdue University

Presenter: – Somali Research and Development Institute

Presenter: – Resilient Africa Network, Makerere University School of Public Health

Presenter: – Evaluation and Learning Research Center/Purdue University

International and Cross Cultural Evaluation

8:00 AM – 9:00 AM PST

Costs, Effectiveness, Benefits, and Economics Multipaper Session

Location: Portland Ballroom 253

8:00 AM – 8:15 AM PST

Promoting Cost-Inclusive Evaluation (CIE) and Expanding the Toolkit of CIE Methodologies in Order to Strengthen Professional Evaluations

Location: Portland Ballroom 253

Presenter: – University of the West Indies

Presenter: – Western Michigan University

Costs, Effectiveness, Benefits, and Economics

8:15 AM – 8:30 AM PST

Incorporating equity in economics evaluation using a comprehensive set of social determinants of health measures

Location: Portland Ballroom 253

Presenter: – Implenomics

Author: – Implenomics

Costs, Effectiveness, Benefits, and Economics

8:30 AM – 8:45 AM PST

Economic evaluation of interventions for alleviating boredom: a systematic review

Location: Portland Ballroom 253

Author: – The Evaluation Center, Western Michigan University

Chair: – American University, Washington, DC USA

Presenter: – AEA

Presenter: – WSTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY

Presenter: – The Evaluation Center, Western Michigan University

Costs, Effectiveness, Benefits, and Economics

8:45 AM – 9:00 AM PST

Challenges in Assessing Efficiency in Development Evaluation: Insights from Evaluation Practices in Korea’s Development Cooperation

Location: Portland Ballroom 253

Presenter: – Korea Institute for International Economic Policy

Author: – Korea Institute for International Economic Policy

Costs, Effectiveness, Benefits, and Economics

8:00 AM – 9:00 AM PST

Education Evaluation Multipaper Session 3

Location: E145-146

8:00 AM – 8:15 AM PST

The Success Case Method: An Alternative Evaluation Technique to Move Beyond the Average and into the Extraordinary

Location: E145-146

Presenter: – University of Kansas

Education Evaluation

8:15 AM – 8:30 AM PST

Recurrence in impact evalutation: How six impact evaluation and fifteen years of implementation contributed to improving management and indicators of quality and equity in Brazilian public education

Location: E145-146

Presenter: – Instituto Votorantim

Education Evaluation

8:30 AM – 8:45 AM PST

Increasing Opportunity and Inclusivity in Laboratory and Data Sciences: The High School2Health Care Project

Location: E145-146

Author: – Center for Research in Educational Policy

Presenter: – Center for Research in Educational Policy, Unversity of Memphis

Author: – Center for Research in Educational Policy, Unversity of Memphis

Author: – UTHSC

Author: – UT-Martin Ripley Center

Presenter: – Center for Research in Educational Policy

Education Evaluation

8:00 AM – 9:00 AM PST

Elevating pro-democracy voices and balancing risk in repressive and conflict environments

Location: E144

Presenter: – IRI

Presenter: – Internews

Facilitator: – IRI

Presenter: – IRI

Democracy and Governance

8:00 AM – 9:00 AM PST

Extension Education Evaluation Mulipaper Session

Location: E147-148

8:00 AM – 8:15 AM PST

Evaluation Capacity-Building in Extension – A Navigational Glitch

Location: E147-148

Presenter: – University of Idaho

Extension Education Evaluation

8:30 AM – 8:45 AM PST

Using Needs Assessments to Uncover the Voices of Non-Extension Clients

Location: E147-148

Presenter: – University of Kentucky

Author: – University of Kentucky

Extension Education Evaluation

8:45 AM – 9:00 AM PST

Promoting Effectiveness of Extension Program Evaluations Through Understanding the Accuracy of Outcomes Self-Reported Measures

Location: E147-148

Author: – The Pennsylvania State University

Presenter: – University of Florida

Author: – University of Florida

Presenter: – North Carolina State University

Author: – North Carolina State University

Presenter: – The Pennsylvania State University

Extension Education Evaluation

8:00 AM – 9:00 AM PST

Flipping the Script! Second Career Evaluators: Doctoral Non-traditional students experiences coming into Evaluation.

Location: Portland Ballroom 251

Presenter: – University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Facilitator: – University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Disscussant: – American University

Graduate Students and New Evaluators

8:00 AM – 9:00 AM PST

Gathering Diverse Student and Educator Perspectives on Engagement: Uncovering a Story of Misunderstandings and Supporting Realignment

Location: F149-150

Presenter: – Apex Evaluation

Education Evaluation

8:00 AM – 9:00 AM PST

Grounding and Centering Our Evaluations in Lived Experience: Strategies for Different Populations and Contexts

Location: Portland Ballroom 254

Presenter: – Westat

Chair: – Westat

Presenter: – Westat

Presenter: – University of Michigan, School of Social Work

Disscussant: – University of Massachusetts

Collaborative, Participatory and Empowerment Evaluation

8:00 AM – 9:00 AM PST

Overcoming Evaluation and Learning Challenges for Social and Behavioral Science-Based Democracy, Human Rights, and Governance Programs

Location: D140

Presenter: – Democracy International

Facilitator: – Democracy International

Democracy and Governance

8:00 AM – 9:00 AM PST

Reflective and collaborative practices to advance health evaluations

Location: G129-130

8:20 AM – 8:40 AM PST

Amplifying Voices: Harnessing Stewardship for Systems Change

Location: G129-130

Presenter: – Clear Horizon

Presenter: – Australian Government Department of Health and Aged Care

Presenter: – The Knowledge Institute / Kinnect Group

Health Evaluation

8:40 AM – 9:00 AM PST

Critical Reflective Practice to Health Equity: Reflecting for Change at Every Step

Location: G129-130

Author: – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Presenter: – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Health Evaluation

8:00 AM – 9:00 AM PST

Toward Better Engagement: Engaging diverse voices in foundation strategy design and evaluation

Location: D137-139

Presenter: – Engage R+D

Chair: – Engage R+D

Presenter: – The James Irvine Foundation

Presenter: – Equity Research Institute at USC

Presenter: – The James Irvine Foundation

Collaborative, Participatory and Empowerment Evaluation

8:00 AM – 9:00 AM PST

Unsettling Evaluation: Cultivating Transformative Conversations and Collective Accountability

Location: Portland Ballroom 255

Presenter: – AND implementation inc

Presenter: – AND Implementation Inc

Facilitator: – Reciprocal Consulting Inc

Disscussant: – Reciprocal Consulting Inc

Disscussant: – Bowman Consulting

Chair: – University of Wisconsin

Organizational Learning and Evaluation Capacity Building

8:00 AM – 9:00 AM PST

Values Engagement and Valuing without Value “Judgements”?

Location: C123

Presenter: – Loyola University Chicago

Theories of Evaluation

8:00 AM – 9:00 AM PST

Zero Suicide and Trauma Informed Care: Developing and Using Implementation Assessments to Bring Research to Practice and Elevate Consumer Voice

Location: G131-132

Presenter: – PSU RRI Human Services Implementation Lab

Author: – PSU RRI Human Services Implementation Lab

Presenter: – PSU RRI Human Services Implementation Lab

Human Services Evaluation

9:15 AM – 10:15 AM PST

Allow Us to Re-Introduce Ourselves: Amplifying Millennial Leaders in Evaluation

Location: E144

Chair: – Intention 2 Impact

Presenter: – Facing History and Ourselves

Presenter: – University of Wisconsin-Stout

Presenter: – ORS Impact

Presenter: – Viable Insights

Presenter: – UBUNTU Research and Evaluation

Presenter: – Intention 2 Impact

Presenter: – Think Together

Leadership and Organizational Performance

9:15 AM – 10:15 AM PST

Amplifying Country-based Monitoring, Evaluation, Research and Learning Ecosystems – A Tale of 3 Case Studies

Location: E145-146

Author: – EnCompass LLC

Presenter: – EnCompass LLC

Author: – EnCompass LLC

Presenter: – EnCompass LLC

Author: – EnCompass LLC

Presenter: – MEL Senegal/EnCompass-MSI

Organizational Learning and Evaluation Capacity Building

9:15 AM – 10:15 AM PST

Bearing witness in evaluation: Why participatory approaches to data analysis (sensemaking) are essential to community-engaged work

Location: F149-150

Presenter: – SeeChange

Presenter: – Oregon Community Foundation

Nonprofit and Foundations

9:15 AM – 10:15 AM PST

Building Consensus and Shared Measurement for a Multi-level Outcome-based Evaluation Strategy to Assess Impact of a Denver Food Nutrition Disparities Initiative for Youth and Families

Location: C123

Presenter: – CAI Global

Presenter: – CAI

Facilitator: – CAI

Facilitator: – Colorado State University

Author: – CAI

Presenter: – Colorado State University

Cluster, Multi-site and Multi-level Evaluations

9:15 AM – 10:15 AM PST

Building Skills in AI Integration for Culturally Responsive and Equitable Evaluation: A Cross-Disciplinary Approach

Location: D135-136

PD Workshop Presenter: – UNIVERSITY OF THE INCARNATE WORD

Presenter: – UNIVERSITY OF THE INCARNATE WORD

Presenter: – University of the Incarnate Word

Author: – University of the Incarnate Word

Integrating Technology into Evaluation

9:15 AM – 10:15 AM PST

Collaborative Evaluation: Experiences and Lessons Learned

Location: Portland Ballroom 252

9:15 AM – 9:30 AM PST

Decoding Feminist MEL and Learning to Shift Power Relations

Location: Portland Ballroom 252

Presenter: – South Asia Women Foundation India

Presenter: – Taso Foundation

Collaborative, Participatory and Empowerment Evaluation

9:45 AM – 10:00 AM PST

Elevating Youth and Staff Voice: A Collaborative Approach to Outcome Measurement and Solution Generation

Location: Portland Ballroom 252

Presenter: – LifeWorks

Author: – LifeWorks

Presenter: – LifeWorks

Author: – LifeWorks

Presenter: – LifeWorks

Collaborative, Participatory and Empowerment Evaluation

10:00 AM – 10:15 AM PST

Navigating the Pacific evaluation landscape: Strengthening Pacific Monitoring Evaluation and Learning for the Pacific by the Pacific.

Location: Portland Ballroom 252

Presenter: – Pacific Community SPC

Collaborative, Participatory and Empowerment Evaluation

9:15 AM – 10:15 AM PST

Creating a Successful Ph.D. Program in Evaluation to Grow a Diverse Evaluator Workforce

Location: D133-134

Presenter: – University of Massachusetts Lowell

Author: – University of Massachusetts Lowell

Teaching of Evaluation

9:15 AM – 10:15 AM PST

Cultivating high-trust Developmental Evaluation partnerships

Location: B110-112

Presenter: – Laudes Foundation

Presenter: – The Convive Collective

Organizational Learning and Evaluation Capacity Building

9:15 AM – 10:15 AM PST

Developmental Evaluation ADAPT Framework

Location: Portland Ballroom 254

Presenter: – Utilization-Focused Blue Marble Evaluation

Presenter: – Utilization-Focused Evaluation

Use and Influence of Evaluation

9:15 AM – 10:15 AM PST

Education Evaluation Multipaper Session- Presidential Strand

Location: Portland Ballroom 251

9:15 AM – 9:25 AM PST

Amplifying Untold Stories: Harnessing Large-Scale Data and Advanced Analytics to Empower New Perspectives in Evaluation

Location: Portland Ballroom 251

Author: – Universidad de Antioquia, School of Education

Presenter: – Universidad de Antioquia, School of Education

Education Evaluation

9:25 AM – 9:35 AM PST

Approaches to Selecting Comparison Groups in Evaluations of Education Programs Implemented in Schools

Location: Portland Ballroom 251

Presenter: – University of South Carolina

Author: – University of South Carolina

Presenter: – University of South Carolina

Author: – University of South Carolina

Education Evaluation

9:35 AM – 9:45 AM PST

Empowering Educators, Enhancing Outcomes: The CHOICE Model for Autonomous Professional Learning

Location: Portland Ballroom 251

Presenter: – ICF

Presenter: – Virginia Ed Strategies

Presenter: – ICF

Education Evaluation

9:45 AM – 9:55 AM PST

Establishing an Evaluation Practice Partnership for Evaluating Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Anti-Racism

Location: Portland Ballroom 251

Author: – Western University

Presenter: – Queen's University

Author: – Queen's University

Author: – Belmont University

Presenter: – Queen's University

Education Evaluation

9:55 AM – 10:05 AM PST

Practical Considerations on How the Teacher ICCs Vary/Co-Vary with School Characteristics: Implications for Equity in Educational Evaluation

Location: Portland Ballroom 251

Presenter: – HumRRO

Author: – HumRRO

Author: – Abt Associates

Author: – Western Michigan University

Education Evaluation

9:15 AM – 10:15 AM PST

Elevating Participant Voices in Evaluation of Equity-Focused Public Sector Innovations: Learnings from King County Washington

Location: Portland Ballroom 253

Facilitator: – Equitable Evaluation Initiative

Chair: – Equitable Evaluation Initiative

Presenter: – King County Department of Community and Human Services

Presenter: – King County Metro

Presenter: – Public Health-Seattle & King County; University of Washington School of Public Health

Presenter: – King County Department of Community and Human Services

Presenter: – Leonard Research and Evaluation, LLC

Government Evaluation

9:15 AM – 10:15 AM PST

Interrogating the Strategy of Place: What is the value of national philanthropic investments in local place-based systems change?

Location: B115-116

Presenter: – Jane Reisman Consulting

Chair: – Jane Reisman Consulting

Presenter: – KEL Advising

Presenter: – Sherman Impact Consulting

Presenter: – W.K. Kellogg Foundation

Nonprofit and Foundations

9:15 AM – 10:15 AM PST

Measurement for a Lasting Peace: Long Term Evaluations of Peacebuilding Activities in Nigeria, Colombia, Zimbabwe, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Location: B113-114

Presenter: – University of Notre Dame

Author: – University of Notre Dame

Presenter: – University of Notre Dame

Author: – University of Notre Dame

Presenter: – University of Notre Dame

Author: – University of Notre Dame

Chair: – Pulte Institute for Global Development

Disscussant:

Democracy and Governance

9:15 AM – 10:15 AM PST

Measuring strengthened organizational capacity in international development: Three approaches to operationalizing capacity-building indicators

Location: D137-139

Presenter: – MIT Local Innovation Group

Presenter: – Pulte Institute for Global Development, University of Notre Dame

Author: – Pulte Institute for Global Development, University of Notre Dame

Presenter: – Pulte Institute for Global Development, University of Notre Dame

Author: – Pulte Institute for Global Development, University of Notre Dame

Author: – MIT Local Innovation Group

Chair: – MIT Local Innovation Group

Disscussant: – USAID Bureau for Inclusive Growth, Partnerships, and Innovation (IPI)

International and Cross Cultural Evaluation

9:15 AM – 10:15 AM PST

Mixed Methods Evaluation Multipaper Session 2

Location: C124

9:15 AM – 9:30 AM PST

Methodological adaptations to concept mapping for improved planning and evaluation

Location: C124

Presenter: – Université de Montréal

Author: – Université de Montréal

Mixed Methods Evaluation

9:30 AM – 9:45 AM PST

Photo-elicitation interviewing as part of mixed-methods evaluation: Putting the participant in the driver’s seat

Location: C124

Presenter: – NYU Grossman School of Medicine

Author: – NYU Grossman School of Medicine

Author: – Mayo Clinic

Presenter: – NYU Grossman School of Medicine

Author: – NYU Grossman School of Medicine

Author: – New York University

Mixed Methods Evaluation

9:45 AM – 10:00 AM PST

Tapestries of Impacts: Exploring the importance of impact scoping and context mapping in evaluation

Location: C124

Presenter: – University of the Philippines Los Baños

Author: – University of the Philippines Los Baños

Mixed Methods Evaluation

9:15 AM – 10:15 AM PST

Partnering with Youth to Analyze and Interpret Qualitative Data

Location: Portland Ballroom 256

Presenter: – Child Trends

Youth Focused Evaluation

9:15 AM – 10:15 AM PST

Qualitative Methods Multipaper Session

Location: C125-126

9:15 AM – 9:30 AM PST

Oral Histories: A method for amplifying and empowering underrepresented voices

Location: C125-126

Presenter: – Center for Research Evaluation (CERE)

Qualitative Methods

9:30 AM – 9:45 AM PST

Strengthening local voices through analysis of impact communication stories written by community facilitators around the world and expanding their voice using AI

Location: C125-126

Author: – University of East London

Presenter: – University of East London

Qualitative Methods

9:45 AM – 10:00 AM PST

Generative Artificial Intelligence (Gen AI): Guiding Innovative and Responsible Qualitative Data Analysis in Evaluation Practice

Location: C125-126

Presenter: – University of Illinois at Chicago

Author: – University of Illinois at Chicago

Presenter: – University of Georgia

Author: – University of Georgia

Qualitative Methods

10:00 AM – 10:15 AM PST

Empathy and Exploration: Arts-Based Methods in Trauma-Informed Qualitative Evaluation Practice

Location: C125-126

Author: – The University of Alabama at Birmingham

Presenter: – The University of Alabama at Birmingham

Qualitative Methods

9:15 AM – 10:15 AM PST

Rigorous Measurement of Intangibles: How to validate, analyze, and visualize your survey instruments using Rasch analysis

Location: E141-143

Presenter: – Effect X LLC

Quantitative Methods: Theory and Design

9:15 AM – 10:15 AM PST

STEM Education Program Evaluation: Responsivity and Methods

Location: C120-122

9:45 AM – 10:00 AM PST

Advancing Biomedical Training Programs Through Rigorous Evaluation: A Proposed Framework

Location: C120-122

Presenter: – Emory University

Author: – Emory University

STEM Education and Training

10:00 AM – 10:15 AM PST

Centering Voices of Students with Blindness or Low Vision to Improve Inclusive Chemistry Lab Experiences

Location: C120-122

Presenter: – The University of Texas at Austin

Author: – The University of Texas at Austin

Presenter: – The University of Texas at Austin

Author: – The University of Texas at Austin

Author: – Baylor University

STEM Education and Training

9:15 AM – 10:15 AM PST

The Evaluative Power Fellowship Model: Demonstrating Dignity-based Data Collection to Empower and Amplify Voices in Evaluation

Location: Portland Ballroom 255

Presenter: – UBUNTU Research and Evaluation

Presenter: – UBUNTU Research & Evaluation

Presenter: – Mathematica

Collaborative, Participatory and Empowerment Evaluation

9:15 AM – 10:15 AM PST

Transforming Education through Dual Language Immersion: A Journey of Equity and Impact

Location: E147-148

Presenter: – Gwinnett County Public Schools

Education Evaluation

9:15 AM – 10:15 AM PST

Who are the People in Your Neighborhood? Discover and Connect with Local Affiliates

Location: B117-119

AEA Sponsored Sessions

10:30 AM – 12:00 PM PST

Closing Plenary: Breaking the Echo Chamber: Amplifying Marginalized Voices to Resonate with the Dominant Narrative

Location: Oregon Ballroom

Presenter: – University of Botswana