Office Of Refugee Resettlement: Resources

Continuous Evaluation

A Framework for Continuous Evaluation of Office of Refugee Resettlement Formula Programs Supporting Employability Services

Prepared for: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Office of Refugee Resettlement

Prepared by: Demetra Smith Nightingale
Johns Hopkins University

March 2008

This report is part of the Lewin Group’s Evaluation of ORR Programs. Opinions expressed are those of the author and do not represent official positions of ORR, the Lewin Group, or Johns Hopkins University.

Acknowledgments

I. Introduction and Purpose

II. Conceptualizing Continuous Evaluation

III. Improving ORR Policies for Evaluating Results

A. Performance Assessment and Management

1. Current ORR Performance Management

2. Options for Enhancing ORR Performance Management

B. Program Evaluation

1. Background on Types of Evaluation

2. Current ORR Evaluation Activity

3. Options for Enhancing ORR’s Evaluation Activity

IV. Conclusions

Continuous Evaluation

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