Regional Evaluation Series: Assessment and Best Practices

由于包括美国国家科学基金会在内的联邦政府内部对资助项目投资的有效正式评估和问责制的需求日益增加，西弗吉尼亚州EPSCoR （WV EPSCoR）提议举办一系列三个区域研讨会，专门解决27个EPSCoR管辖范围内的评估问题。区域讲习班的目的是从参与者那里获得必要的投入和反馈，以促进项目评估系统的发展，该系统既符合EPSCoR的愿景、目标和目的，也符合EPSCoR各个站点的需求和独特特征。与会者将有机会分享他们在当地实施的评估策略，讨论他们的优势和需要改进的地方，并接受评估专家的技术援助。因此，拟议的讲习班的一个主要成果将是确定一套可供各司法管辖区使用的有效评价模式。同样，与会者将被要求为制定全面的方案评价方案提供建议。

As a result of the increasing need within the federal government, NSF included, for effective formal assessment and accountability of investments in funded projects, the West Virginia EPSCoR (WV EPSCoR) proposes to conduct a series of three regional workshops to specifically address the issue of evaluation in each of the 27 EPSCoR jurisdictions. The purpose of the regional workshops is to obtain the necessary input and feedback from participants that will facilitate the development of a program evaluation system consistent with both EPSCoR's vision, goals and objectives, as well as with the needs and unique characteristics of the individual EPSCoR sites. Workshops participants will have the opportunity to share their locally implemented evaluation strategies, discuss their strength and areas to improve, and receive technical assistance from evaluation experts. Thus, a major outcome of the proposed workshops will be the identification of a set of effective evaluation models that can be used by the jurisdictions. Similarly, participants will be expected to provide suggestions for the development of the overall EPSCoR evaluation scheme.