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American Evaluation Association (AEA)—The profession’s national association in the United States. Offers annual national conference, electronic mailing list, peer-reviewed journals, training workshops, and topical interest groups. Web page provides links to AEA’s “Guiding Principles for Evaluators” and its public policy discussions of “High Stakes Testing” and other topics; to its topical interest groups, local affiliates, and international evaluation sites; and to graduate and professional development programs and evaluation tools and handbooks.
Canadian Evaluation Society provides links to regional affiliates, position papers, resources, and “data banks” of evaluation reports by numerous Canadian and other agencies and private sector organizations. http://www.evaluationcanada.ca/site.cgi?section=1&_lang= For other national and international evaluation organizations. see http://www.eval.org/Resources/ProfessionalGroups.asp#National%20Assoc and Eastern Evaluation Research Society-–Affiliate of American Evaluation Association serving Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania. Federal Evaluators—Washington, D.C.–based informal network of evaluation officials in the legislative and executive branches of the U.S. government. Holds meetings, offers an electronic mailing list, and has a Web site that cites print and Internet-based resources on program evaluation methods and activities. See http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/part/ under Supporting Materials/Reference for the slides from “Federal Evaluators’ Evaluation Workshop (July 25, 2006)” for OMB examiners. Washington Evaluators—Washington, D.C., local affiliate of the American Evaluation Association. Holds meetings, offers an electronic mailing list, and has a Web site that provides membership information and notice of upcoming meetings, training and employment opportunities, and links to related organizations. |