Wakefield was the location for a two-day evaluation course, organised through the Road Safety GB Academy and delivered by Tanya Fosdick. The students were a range of practitioners from West Yorkshire, with varied experience in designing and delivering evaluations. The course follows a set structure, with many practical exercises designed to demonstrate evaluation in practice and to bring out the competitive nature of attendees!
The course explores:
- Why evaluate?
- Understanding objectives
- Using E-valu-it
- Evaluation design
- What to measure
- Logic models
- Best practice
- Before and after studies
- Question writing
- Planning and piloting an evaluation
- Focus groups