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 ...

Your program evaluation allows you to track progress within your program of study. The evaluation includes every course you have completed, the grades you received in those courses, courses you are ...

To determine how your coursework will count towards your CU degree requirements, review the following steps and resources. 1. Determine what kind of credit you need. With your academic advisor(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 ...

Last November, the US House of Representatives unanimously passed the Foundations for Evidence-Based Policymaking Act of 2017 (HR 4174), and it looks slated to pass the Senate this year. In an era ...

Employee performance evaluations assess past performance and identify opportunities for growth. Fulfilling these objectives requires the evaluation be specific, fair and balanced in identifying ...

During SHIFT's pilot year, this group played a key role in evaluating the SHIFT Funding and Support program, proposing improvements and suggesting potential pathways forward. After exploring serveral ...

The program evaluation graduate certificate, offered 100% online, is intended to prepare students in the basics of program evaluation across the fields of human services, education, public policy, ...

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 ...

Shanna Rose Thompson— Shanna is the Center for Program Evaluation (CPE)’s Manager, serving as an evaluator and project manager for various grants. She also taught multiple courses for UMass Lowell's ...

The Office for Research has also developed the Program Evaluation Core (“PEC”) to address the program evaluation needs of training grants. The PEC provides a range of pre- and post-award services ...