Evaluation Services

Diagram with a circle at the center that reads, 'Health and Education Outcomes.' It's surrounded by 4 differently colored arcs labeled, 'Relationships and Networks,' 'Systems of Power,' 'Individual Factors,' and 'Physiological Pathways.' ETR has a long history of conducting rigorous evaluations in the field of health promotion, with a special emphasis on sexual health. ETR’s Health Equity Framework (HEF) is the guiding framework used in our approaches, serving as the basis for our culturally responsive evaluation work. Our aim is to provide quality evaluation services to help health, human services, and education providers assess and improve their programs and build their capacity to provide effective, cost-efficient, and culturally appropriate services within their communities.

ETR works with partners to meet their evaluation goals by developing questions and methods that set the stage for future investment and continuous program improvement.

Evaluation Services | Evaluation Expertise

Evaluation Services

ETR provides sound, science-driven evaluations with integrity and experience. For over 40 years, we have worked with local, state, and federal partners to provide a range of evaluation services. Here are some of the many ways that we could contribute to your work.

Full Evaluation Design and Implementation

ETR is widely recognized for our expertise in creating effective evaluation designs that are culturally responsive and equitable in their approach. Our team will collaborate with you to design an evaluation that best meets your needs, from the initial concept of your evaluation through the delivery of final results. Evaluation Design and Implementation services may include:

Creating grant proposals and culturally responsive and equitable evaluation plans
Identifying important and answerable evaluation questions
Designing surveys, interview protocols or other quantitative and qualitative measurement tools
Conducting needs assessments and environmental scans
Collecting and analyzing data
Creating evaluation reports, data visualizations, and dissemination plans for multiple audiences
Developing logic models and theories of change grounded in ETR’s HEF

Data Analysis

ETR’s team of scientists and research methodologists have extensive experience in designing, collecting, and analyzing simple and complex quantitative and qualitative data from studies, including both quasi-experimental and randomized control trials of interventions and programs. If your project needs data analysis services, we have expertise in conducting:

Power analyses
Randomized controlled trials
Reliability and validity testing
Primary and secondary data analyses
Data visualization
Database development and management

Policy Assessment and Analysis

ETR has been awarded multiple contracts and grants to assess and analyze policy initiatives across the United States to help inform budgetary, legislation, and programmatic decisions. Policy assessment and analysis services may include:

Power analyses
Randomized controlled trials
Reliability and validity testing
Primary and secondary data analyses
Data visualization
Database development and management

ETR’s Evaluation Expertise

ETR's Approach to Evaluation

ETR’s evaluators specialize in working with multidisciplinary teams in a variety of settings. Our evaluation approach centers:

Cultural sensitivity and health equity focus. Our evaluations sensitively reflect all communities and cultures involved, consistent with ETR’s Health Equity Framework and culturally responsive and equitable (CREE) practices.
Collaboration. We value building relationships and embrace thought partnership as we take a team approach to evaluation planning and delivery.
Flexibility. We work within a range of models and tailor our approach to fit the budget, including providing services to move clients toward readiness if needed.
Solid theoretical foundation. Our evaluators commit to understanding the content area and theory behind the client’s work and situate the evaluation in the greater field and literature.
Technological expertise. Our evaluations include the use of technology solutions that help decrease burden, improve data monitoring, and facilitate access to the results.
Practical, real-world applications. Our pragmatic results are designed to help you tell your story, highlight successes, and identify areas for improvement.