Overview

Key Principles

Focus areas

Philosophies and Approaches

Eval Matrix

Additional Resources

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Acknowledgements

Acknowledgements

We are grateful to the following interviewees who helped capture the foundations and key components of each of the philosophies and approaches:

IntervieweePhilosophy or Approach
Veronica ThomasCulturally Competent Evaluation
Rodney HopsonCulturally Responsive Evaluation
Rachele EspirituCulturally Responsive and Equitable Evaluation
Fiona Cram, Nicole BowmanCulturally Responsive Indigenous Evaluation
David FettermanEmpowerment Evaluation
Jara Dean-Coffey, Tristi NicholsEquity-focused and Equitable Evaluation
Donna MertensTransformative Evaluation

This project was funded by the Annie E. Casey Foundation and The Colorado Trust. We thank them for their support but acknowledge that the content presented in this website is the product of the authors’ research efforts and does not necessarily reflect the opinions of the funders.

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© 2022 SLP4i and The Colorado Trust, authored by Katrina Bledsoe, Felisa Gonzales, and Blanca Guillen-Woods. This work is protected by copyright laws. No permission is required for its non-commercial use, provided that the authors are credited and cited.

For full citation use: Bledsoe, K., Gonzales, F., & Guillen-Woods, B*. (2022). The Eval Matrix©. Strategic Learning Partners for Innovation https://slp4i.com/the-eval-matrix.
*These authors contributed equally to this work with support from the Annie E. Casey Foundation and The Colorado Trust.

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