Issues in Evaluation Series

Overview

The U.S. Government Accountability Office’s (GAO) Center for Evaluation Methods and Issues (CEMI) in the Applied Research and Methods (ARM) Team and the Data Foundation are partnering to present Issues in Evaluation, a jointly-sponsored series that brings evaluation thought leaders together to tackle topics that reflect the current direction of the field. The inaugural event of the series will present a new working paper for discussion on conditions for using randomized experimental designs in program evaluation. Participants will have the opportunity to provide feedback and pose questions to the working draft authors and hear from other evaluation experts on the topic.

Speakers and Participants:

• Dr. Lawrance Evans, Managing Director of the Government Accountability Office Applied Research and Methods Team
• Dr. Nick Hart, President of the Data Foundation
• Dr. Molly Irwin, Vice President for Research at the Pew Charitable Trusts
• Dr. George Julnes, Professor at the University of Baltimore
• Dr. Terell Lasane, Assistant Director of the Government Accountability Office Center for Evaluation Methods and Issues
• Dr. Melvin Mark, Professor at the University of Pennsylvania
• Dr. Stephanie Shipman, retired Government Accountability Office