Research and Evaluation Programs Blog

 
Grant writers and program planners interested in sustainable agriculture usually begin their development efforts by assessing the conditions they want to improve or enhance. The assessment process helps them acquire data and "facts" to support their applications for starting community gardens, for helping urban and small and limited resource farmers, to jump-start neighborhood food coops, and so on.  
 

ISED Research Program Manager, Maria Hein, discusses findings from the System of Care for Youth in Transition (SOCYIT) participant interviews with the SOCYIT partners. 

Evaluation is the process of determining significance or worth, usually by careful appraisal and study. Evaluation is the analysis and comparison of actual progress vs. prior plans, oriented toward improving plans for future implementation. It is part of a continuing management process consisting of planning, implementation, and evaluation; ideally with each following the other in a continuous cycle until successful completion of the activity. Evaluation is the process of determining the worth or value of something. This involves assigning values to the thing or person being evaluated.