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标题：How Evaluation Capacity Building Grows Credible and Actionable Evidence for Cooperative Extension Programs
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作者：Chelsea Hetherington ; Cheryl Eschbach ; Courtney Cuthbertson 等
期刊名称：Journal of Human Sciences and Extension
印刷版ISSN：2325-5226
电子版ISSN：2325-5226
出版年度：2019
卷号：7
期号：2
页码：175-188
语种：English
出版社：Mississippi State University
摘要：Evaluation capacity building (ECB) is an essential element for generating credible and actionable evidence on Extension programs. This paper offers a discussion of ECB efforts in Cooperative Extension and how such efforts enable Extension professionals to collect and use credible and actionable evidence on the quality and impacts of programs. Sufficient investments in ECB, both at the individual and organizational levels, can better equip Extension to advocate for and make changes to programs, advance as a learning organization, and have a more powerful impact on communities. Furthermore, as Extension program stakeholders often have varying perspectives on the credibility of evidence, these perspectives must also be accounted for in efforts to build Extension’s evaluation capacity. Intentional investments in ECB efforts provide an opportunity for Extension to further deepen and expand impact, positioning programs to most effectively and positively benefit individuals and communities.
关键词：evaluation capacity building;credible evidence;evaluation use;evaluation stakeholders