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AHEC Training and Consultation Center (A-TrACC)

The AHEC Training and Consultation Center (A-TrACC) provides trainings and ongoing technical assistance to staff of AHEC grantee programs and affiliated centers to improve their capacity to collect and report data that accurately measures performance and increases the ability to report outcomes and impact in meeting legislative mandates.

Why Evaluation?

According to the American Evaluation Association, evaluation involves assessing strengths and weaknesses to improve effectiveness. It applies systematic inquiry to help improve programs, products, and personnel, as well as the human actions associated with them. Learn more: Evaluation, Evaluators, and the American Evaluation Association (PDF - 6 pages)

Four Ways Evaluation Benefits Leaders, Organizations and Communities

1. Evaluation clarifies outcomes. It can encourage more comprehensive discussion about what works and why. Evaluation seeks to systematize large concepts. It separates real outcomes from wishful thinking, slogans or vague program aspirations.
2. Evaluation focuses attention.
3. Evaluation supports ongoing learning. It can provide constructive observation to guide a program's evolution. Evaluation contributes to a learning mindset – a perspective that values asking questions, assuming multiple perspectives and challenging assumptions.
4. The process of evaluation influences future actions and decisions.

Source: The Value of Evaluation , Center for Creative Leadership