Sharon Scotcher, Author at EES

Long- and short-term dilemmas in sustainability evaluations

by Sharon Scotcher | Aug 9, 2022 | Blog

Fishbowl Session, EES 2022, Copenhagen. Thematic Working Group 2: Sustainability By Leon Hermans, Wolfgang Meyer, Jindra Čekan, Ferko Bodnar, Carroll Patterson Introduction The last few years have seen a continued interest in evaluation of sustainable...

What we’re reading in June: Evolving Education Policy, Building Bridges with Policymakers and Re-evaluating Bias

by Sharon Scotcher | Jul 1, 2022 | Blog

By Gregory McGann and Lea Corsetti Education Evaluation Trends, from the Leader of Khulisa’s Education & Development Division Education policy has been at the forefront of evaluation since the discipline’s inception and has been among the most disputed and...

What did we read in May : Reforming ethics in Evaluation, Initiative-level Meta-theory

by Sharon Scotcher | Jun 1, 2022 | Blog

Three ways theories of change are helping evaluate a complex initiative to improve waste pickers’ lives | 3ie Among challenging evaluation scenarios, few are more difficult and thankless than those that involve multiple overlapping interventions. Anything less...

What did we read in April ?

by Sharon Scotcher | May 4, 2022 | Blog

Advanced Content Analysis: Can Artificial Intelligence Accelerate Theory-Driven Complex Program Evaluation? | World Bank Independent Evaluation Group The spectre of artificial intelligence (AI) has haunted the evaluation profession for decades, evoking excitement...

What we’re reading in March

by Sharon Scotcher | Apr 7, 2022 | Blog

What we’re reading in March: Remembering the Learning part of MEL, Machine Learning in GIS and Evaluating Family Planning in Egypt By Greg McGann, EES Blog Editor Learning at the speed of trust: building monitoring, evaluation and learning capacity | itad Few...