Evaluation Glossaries
Evaluation terminology is not in the usual li
ary lexicon and can often confusing. Below are several web sites with very useful glossaries for evaluation terms
- Government Accounting Standards Board: Performance Measurement for Government - Additional resources (glossary)
http://www.seagov.org/resources/glossary.shtml
- Harvard Family Research Project : Selected Evaluation Terms html: http://www.gse.harvard.edu/hfrp/content/projects/afterschool/resources/ost_terms.htmlpdf: http://www.gse.harvard.edu/hfrp/content/projects/afterschool/resources/ost_terms.pdf
- Missouri Institute of Mental Health: Dressed-Down Research Terms: A Glossary for Non-Researchers http://www.cstprogram.org/PCS&T/Research%20Glossary/research_glossary.htm
- National Science Foundation: "The 2002 User-Friendly Handbook for Project Evaluation" (Section 6) http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2002/nsf02057
- Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development: Glossary of Key Terms in Evaluation and Results Based Management (in English, French, and Spanish)
http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/29/21/2754804.pdf
- Rand Corporation: Getting to Outcomes 2004
http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/2004/RAND_TR101.pdf
- Treasury Board of Canada:Lexicon for Results-Based Management and Accountability
http://www.tbs-sct.gc.ca/eval/pubs/RMAF-CGRR/rmafcgrr05_e.asp
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA): Program Evaluation Glossary
http://www.epa.gov/evaluate/glossary.htm
- Western Michigan University: Glossary of Program Evaluation Terms
http://www.ec.wmich.edu/glossary/prog-glossary.htf
- Western Michigan University's Evaluation Center
http://www.ec.wmich.edu/glossary/glossarylinks.htf
Contact Betsy Kelly, Liaison for Assessment and Evaluation, for assistance in designing evalution programs.
