Recommended sources for more in-depth information on topics relevant to community program evaluation; the majority are available online.

Data collection methods

Conducting Survey Research. (1999 version 2.0). Retrieved from the University of Toronto, The Health Communication Unit at the Centre for Health Promotion website: http://www.thcu.ca/infoandresources/publications/
Surveys_Master_Wkbk_V2_Formating
%2008.09.03_Content%2003.31.99.pdf

Dillman, D. A., Clark, J. R., & Sinclair, M. A. (1995). How prenotice letters, stamped return envelopes, and reminder postcards affect mailback response rates for census questionnaires. Survey Methodology, 21, 1-7.

Hager, M.A., Wilson, Sarah, Pollak, T.H., Rooney, P.M. (2003). Response Rates for Mail Surveys of Nonprofit Organizations: A Review and Empirical Test. Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, vol. 32, no. 2, 252-267.

Woodward, C., Chambers, L. and Smith, K. (1982). Guide to Improved Data Collection in Health and Health Care Surveys. Ottawa: Canadian Public Health Association.

Evaluation-related data bases

Evaluating Community Programs and Initiatives. Part J. The Community Toolbox web site: http://ctb.ku.edu/tools/en/tools_toc.htm

The Evaluation Exchange. Out-of-School Time Learning and Development Project/OST Evaluation Database at the Harvard Family Research Project web site: http://www.gse.harvard.edu/hfrp/eval.html

Health in Action. Online Action to Health Promotion and Injury Prevention Information in Alberta web site: http://www.health-in-action.org/evaluations/rt.shtml

Kids Count. (2004) Baltimore, MD: The Annie E. Casey Foundation web site: http://www.aecf.org/kidscount/

Making Connections, A Neighborhood Transformation Family Development Initiative: Baltimore, MD: The Annie E. Casey Foundation web site: http://www.aecf.org/initiatives/mc/mcid/indicator_main.php

Measures and Indicators Database: Making Connections, A Neighborhood Transformation Family Development Initiative. Baltimore, MD: The Annie E. Casey Foundation web site: http://www.aecf.org/initiatives/mc/mcid/measures_main.php

Outcome Measurement Resource Network. United Way of America web site: http://national.unitedway.org/outcomes/

Voluntary Sector Evaluation Research Project. Ottawa: Carleton University web site: http://www.vserp.ca/about.html

Evaluation guides

Evaluation Cookbook. Institute for Computer Based Learning. (web version 1999). Learning Technology Dissemination Initiative. Retrieved from Heriot Watt University: Edinburgh, UK web site: (for reference only: please see legal notice re. copying data) http://www.icbl.hw.ac.uk/ltdi/cookbook/contents.html

Farell, K., Kratzmann M, McWilliam, S, Robinson, N, Saunders, S., Ticknor J., & White K. (2002). Evaluation made Very easy, Accessible and Logical (EVAL). Retrieved from Dalhousie University web site: http://www.acewh.dal.ca/eng/reports/EVAL.pdf

Gilliam, Aisha. (n.d.) Evaluating HIV Prevention Programs using Qualitative Methods, Booklet #9. Retrieved from US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Division of Adolescent and School Health web site: http://www.cdc.gov/HealthyYouth/publications
/hiv_handbook/hiv_booklet9/index.htm

Kirkpatrick, S. (2001). The program logic model: What, why and how? Retrieved August, 2003 from Charity Village web site: http://www.charityvillage.com/cv/research/rstrat3.html

Mesaros, W. ( 2001). Making Evaluation Integral to Your Asset-Building Initiative: Employing a Theory of Action and Change. Available to view at Search Institute web site: http://www.search-institute.org/research/knowledge/
MakingEvaluationIntegral.html

Porteous, Nancy L., Sheldrick, Barbara J., Stewart, Paula J. (n.d.) A Program Evaluation Toolkit. University of Ottawa Community Health Research Unit. Can be ordered through web site: http://www.medicine.uottawa.ca/epid/chru/toolkitdesc.htm

The Scottish Arts Council e-Tool for Evaluation. (2003). Edinburgh, Scotland. Web site at http://www.evaluationforall.org.uk
/introduction/introduction.html

UNICEF Guide for Monitoring and Evaluation. (n.d.) Retrieved from UNICEF: Division of Evaluation, Policy and Planning website at: http://www.unicef.org/reseval/mander.html

Westat, J.F., Frierson, Henry, Hood S., Hughes,G, Katzenmeyer, C. (Jan. 2002). The 2002 User Friendly Handbook for Project Evaluation. Retrieved from National Science Foundation: Division of Research, Evaluation and Communication web site: http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2002/nsf02057/nsf02057_5.pdf

W.K. Kellogg Foundation Evaluation Handbook (1998). Retrieved from W. K. Kellogg Foundation, Battle Creek, MI, Evaluation Unit website: http://www.wkkf.org/Pubs/Tools/Evaluation/Pub770.pdf

Wong-Reiger, D., & David, L. (1994). A hands-on guide to planning and evaluation: How to plan and evaluate programs in community-based organizations. Ottawa: Canadian Hemophilia Society (Available from the National AIDS Clearinghouse in Ottawa; 613-725-3769).

YouthARTS: A Step-by-Step Approach for Evaluating Your Arts Program’s Outcome. (n.d.) Retrieved from Americans for the Arts website: http://www.americansforthearts.org/
youtharts/evaluation/approach.asp

Needs assessment

A Practical Guide to Family Literacy. (n.d.) (includes a good section on needs assessment and examples of community program evaluations) Retrieved from Family Literacy Action Group web site: http://www.nald.ca/CLR/Pgtfl/contents.htm

National Adult Literacy Database web site: http://www.nald.ca/index.htm

Community assessment, agenda setting and choice of broad strategies. Part B. Community Toolbox web site: http://ctb.ku.edu/tools/en/tools_toc.htm

Doing it right: A needs assessment workbook. (1993). Edmonton Social Planning Council Edmonton, AB. Can be ordered for $5.00 online at http://www.edmspc.com/publications.html

Keating, D.P. & Hertzman, C. (eds). (1999). Developmental health and the wealth of nations: Social, biological, and educational dynamics. New York: The Guilford Press.

Richmond Neighborhood Indicators Project (n.d.) PolicyLink web site: http://www.policylink.org/EDTK/Mapping/

Partnerships

Matheson, Jane. (2000). Making sense of partnerships in the nonprofit sector: do we really know what we are doing? A paper written as the basis for a presentation to the National Healthcare Leadership Conference and Exhibition in Ottawa, Ontario, June 18-21, 2000. Retrieved from the Woods Homes website: http://www.woodshomes.com.

Questionnaire construction

Constructing the Survey. Bill Trochim’s Research Methods Knowledge Base, The Centre for Social Research Methods, Cornell University, USA web site: http://www.socialresearchmethods.net/kb/survwrit.htm

Designing a Questionnaire. (n.d.) from ASA series, What is a Survey? Retrieved from American Statistical Association web site: http://www.amstat.org/sections/
srms/brochures/designquest.pdf

Organization of Research Co-ordinators & Assistants. (1994). Blueprint for a Data Collection Tool. Faculty of Health Sciences: McMaster University: Hamilton, ON.

Woodward, C., and Chambers, L. (1980). Guide to Questionnaire Construction and Question Writing. Ottawa: Canadian Public Health Association.

Standardized test retrieval

Information about selecting standardized tests available on the American Psychological Association (APA) web site: http://www.apa.org/science/faq-findtests.html

Test Reviews are online at the Mental Measurements Yearbook at: http://buros.unl.edu/buros/jsp/search.jsp.

TestLink provides descriptive information at http://www.ets.org/testcoll/index.html

Standardized instrument database on Australian Centre on Quality of Life web site: http://acqol.deakin.edu.au/instruments/instrument.php

Statistics

Norman, G. R., Streiner, D. L. PDQ Statistics. (1986). Toronto: B.C. Decker Inc.

Simple Interactive Statistical Analysis. Online statistical computation available at web site: http://home.clara.net/sisa/

Strategies to engage youth

InvolveYouth: A guide to involving youth in decision-making. (2004). Retrieved at City of Toronto Involve Youth Campaign, Toronto, Ontario web site: http://www.city.toronto.on.ca/involveyouth/pdf/guide.pdf

Organizational Assessment Checklist. 14 Points: Successfully Involving Youth in Decision Making. Somerville, MA, USA. Retrieved at Youth on Board web site: http://www.youthonboard.org/organizationalassessment.pdf

Youth Action Network. UK. Various strategies and resources available at website: http://www.youth-action.org.uk/
info/goodpracticeprinciples.html

Voluntary sector

Centre for Voluntary Sector Research and Development, Carleton University, Ottawa web site: http://www.cvsrd.org/eng/index.html

Charity Village. Canadian non-profit organization with resources and links to other non-profit groups. Web site: http://www.charityvillage.com/

Voluntary Sector Evaluation Research Project. Examples of community-based research linking universities and members of the community involved in program delivery. Voluntary Sector Evaluation Research Project web site: http://www.vserp.ca/links/linksComm.html

Youth development

Elke Geiger, E., Britsch, B. (n.d.) Out-of-School-Time Program Evaluation: Tools for Action. Education, Career, and Community Program. Retrieved from Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory web site: http://www.nwrel.org/ecc/21century/
publications/ost_tools.pdf

Hufnagel,G,L,& Blasiar, D.(eds.) (2001). Lessons in Mentoring: A Guide to Working with Youth. Centre for Substance Abuse Prevention. Retrieved from Southwest CAPT (Center for the Application of Prevention Technologies) web site: http://www.swcapt.org/pdf/mentoring/mentoring_book.pdf

Issue by Issue: Program Quality. (n.d.) Retrieved from The Forum for Youth Investment web site: Little, P,D,& Traub, F. (May 2002) Evaluating Municipal Out-of-School Time Initiatives— Learning From the Field. Retrieved at the Harvard Family Research Project web site: http://www.gse.harvard.edu/~hfrp/projects/
afterschool/resources/municipal.html

Pittman, K, Yohalem, N & Wilson-Ahlstrom, A. (Issue 1, Oct. 2002). Out-of-School Research Meets After-School Policy. The Forum for Youth Investment. Retrieved from The Forum for Youth Investment web site: http://www.forumforyouthinvestment.org
/comment/ostpc1.pdf (See also related issues at the same site.)

Reports from evaluations of youth programming crime prevention initiatives. Government of Canada, Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Canada web site: http://www.prevention.gc.ca/en/projects/index.asp

Scales, Peter C., & Roehlkepartain, Eugene C.  (2003). Boosting student achievement: New research on the power of developmental assets. Search Institute Insights & Evidence, 1 (1). Retrieved from the Search Institute web site: http://www.search-institute.org/research/Insights/