Evaluation Tools for Racial Equity
Doing Your Evaluation
  Getting Ready     Defining Your Work     Designing     Collecting Data     Analyzing     Sharing Findings     Reflecting  

Resources

Stage 1 - Getting Ready: Readiness to Evaluate Work on Race, Ethnicity, Power and Privilege
Stage 2 - Defining Your Work: Thinking About the Work to be Evaluated
Stage 3 - Designing: Evaluation Design and Plan
Stage 4 - Collecting Data: Finding and Collecting Data
Stage 5 - Analyzing: Examining and Interpreting Evaluation Information
Stage 6 - Sharing Findings: Sharing Outcome Information and Evaluation Findings
Stage 7 - Reflecting: Ways Evaluation Findings Can Improve the Work

 

Stage 1 - Getting Ready: Readiness to Evaluate Work on Race, Ethnicity, Power and Privilege

 


1a. Shared Vocabulary:

Structural Racism and Community Building

Download:
aspen_structural_racism2.pdf (533 KB)
Author:
Aspen Institute
Web Site:
http://www.aspeninstitute.org

1a. Common Understanding about Race, Power & Privilege – General:

Accountability, or Who Benefits from Our Work

Download:
accountabilty.pdf (20 KB)
Author:
Paul Kivel
Web Site:
http://www.paulkivel.com

1a. Common Understanding about Race, Power & Privilege -- Education:

An Uneven Start: Indicators of Inequality in School Readiness

Download:
Unevenstart.pdf (325 KB)
Organization:
Educational Testing Service
Web Site:
http://www.ets.org/research/

The Continuing Significance of Racism: U.S. Colleges and Universities

Hyperlink:
http://www.acenet.edu/programs/caree/papers/racism.cfm
Cost:
$15.00
Organization:
Center for the Advancement of Racial and Ethnic Equity
Web Site:
http://www.acenet.edu/programs/caree/

Discussion Areas for Equity, National Coalition for Equity in Education

Hyperlink:
http://ncee.education.ucsb.edu/discussionareas.htm
Organization:
National Coalition for Equity and Education
Web Site:
http://ncee.education.ucsb.edu/

Education and Race

Download:
RaceandEducation.pdf (35 KB)
Organization:
Applied Research Center
Web Site:
http://www.arc.org

Parsing the Achievement Gap: Baselines for Tracking Progress

Download:
parsing.pdf (517 KB)
Organization:
Educational Testing Service
Web Site:
http://www.ets.org/research/

1a. Common Understanding about Race, Power & Privilege – Economic Development/Housing:

The Great Divide: Home Equity and Inequity, An Analysis of Racial and Economic Disparities in Home Purchase Mortgage Lending 2004

Hyperlink:
http://www.acorn.org/index.php?id=2798
Organization:
Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now
Web Site:
http://www.acorn.org

The Long Journey to Work: How Do We Connect People and Jobs

Download:
RWDiscussionGuide.pdf (1.48 MB)
Organization:
Regionwise
Web Site:
http://www.regionwise.org

Separate and Unequal: Predatory Lending in America

Download:
separate_and_unequal_2004.pdf (342 KB)
Organization:
Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now
Web Site:
http://www.acorn.org

1a. Long-Term Goals for Community Change:

Communication for Social Change: An Integrated Model for Measuring the Process and Its Outcomes

Download:
socialchange.pdf (2.14 MB)
See:
Section 3: Social Change Outcome Indicators
Organization:
Rockefeller Foundation
Web Site:
http://www.rockfound.org

 


1b. Developing an Inclusive Process:

Assumptions

Download:
assumptions.doc (32 KB)
Organization:
Tellin’ Stories Project
Web Site:
http://www.teachingforchange.org

Cultural Considerations

Download:
culturalConsiderations.doc (25 KB)
Organization:
Tellin’ Stories Project
Web Site:
http://www.teachingforchange.org

Guidelines for Improving Communication Within a Diverse Working Group

Hyperlink:
http://www.unlearningracism.org/writings.htm
Author:
Ricky Sherover-Marcuse
Web Site:
http://www.unlearningracism.org/

Holding Up the Mirror: Working Interdependently for Just and Inclusive Communities

Download:
Chap4.pdf (53 KB)
Organization:
Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies
Web Site:
http://www.jointcenter.org

Holding Up the Mirror: Working Interdependently for Just and Inclusive Communities

Download:
Chap5.pdf (118 KB)
Organization:
Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies
Web Site:
http://www.jointcenter.org

Leading by Example: Diversity, Inclusion and Equity in Community Foundations

Download:
lbe.pdf (3.9 MB)
Organization:
California Tomorrow
Web Site:
http://www.californiatomorrow.org

Working with Diversity in Collaboration

Download:
chap2.pdf
Organization:
The Organizational Change Program for the CGIAR Gender and Diversity Program
Web Site:
http://www.genderdiversity.cgiar.org/

 

1b. Developing Personal and Organizational Readiness:

Finding Common Ground for Organizational Action

Hyperlink:
http://www.ccic.ca/e/docs/002_dev_inclusion_and_diversity.pdf
Organization:
Canadian Council for International Co-operation
Web Site:
http://www.ccic.ca

Holding Up the Mirror: Working Interdependently for Just and Inclusive Communities

Download:
chap2.pdf (81 KB)
Organization:
Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies
Web Site:
http://www.jointcenter.org

Transforming Our Organizations

Hyperlink:
http://www.ethnocultural.ca/trans.html
Cost:
$12.95
Organization:
Canadian Ethnocultural Council

1c. Identifying Resources, Opportunities and Possible Partners in Community:

Education and Community Building – Connecting Two Worlds

Download:
combuild.pdf (395 KB)
See:
Rules of Engagement: Suggestions for Educators and Community Builders
Organization:
Institute for Educational leadership
Web Site:
http://www.iel.org

Lessons from the Field of School Reform Organizing: A Review of Strategies for Organizers and Leaders

Download:
Lessons.5.26.color.pdf (636 KB)
See:
Issue Brief: Building Power and Partnerships to Improve Neighborhood Schools
Organization:
Institute for Education and Social Policy, New York University
Web Site:
http://www.nyu.edu/iesp

Partner Diagram

Download:
partnerDiagram.doc (32 KB)
Organization:
Impact Silver Spring
Web Site:
http://www.impactsilverspring.org

Sustainability: Defining a Legacy, Creating Community Peace

Download:
4_race assessment.pdf (83 KB)
Organization:
Institute for Community Peace
Web Site:
http://www.peacebeyondviolence.org/

Using A Systems Change Approach to Building Communities

Download:
community.pdf (283 KB)
Organization:
InSites
Web Site:
http://members.aol.com/bevandpar/

1c. Engaging and Learning from the Community -- General:

A Seat at the Table: Keeping the “Public” in Public Policy

Download:
Seat_at_the_Table.pdf (185 KB)
Organization:
Neighborhood Funders Group
Web Site:
http://www.nfg.org

Communication for Social Change: An Integrated Model for Measuring the Process and Its Outcomes

Download:
socialchange.pdf (2.14 MB)
See:
linking community dialogue with collective action
Organization:
Rockefeller Foundation
Web Site:
http://www.rockfound.org

Learning from the Field of School Reform Organizing: A Review of Strategies for Organizers and Leaders

Download:
Lessons.5.26.color.pdf (636 KB)
Organization:
Institute for Education and Social Policy, New York University
Web Site:
http://www.nyu.edu/iesp

New Neighbors, New Opportunities Immigrants and Refugees in Grand Rapids

Hyperlink:
http://www.dyer-ives.org/newneighbors/
Organization:
Dyer-Ives Foundation
Web Site:
http://www.dyer-ives.org

Rethinking Leadership: Notes on Community, Collaboration and Strategies for Systemic Change

Download:
http://www.rainbowresearch.org/index.asp?Type=
B_BASIC&SEC={B49A7361-B95B-4FA5-A664-4CA12DFD6C11}&DE={AB7AF93E-D026-4529-9273-9B1097C8B285}
Cost:
$5.00
Organization:
Rainbow Research
Web Site:
http://www.rainbowresearch.org

Review of Public Participation and Consultation Methods

Download:
compareparticipation.pdf (76 KB)
Organization:
Vancouver Citizens Committee
Web Site:
http://www.vcn.bc.ca/citizens-handbook/

What Works: Study Circles in the Real World

Download:
best_practices.pdf (1.0 KB)
Organization:
Study Circles Resource Center
Web Site:
http://www.studycircles.org

1c. Engaging and Learning from the Community – Specific to Issues of Race:

Community Readiness Model: Research to Practice

Hyperlink:
http://www.triethniccenter.colostate.edu/articledisplay.cfm
?articlename=Community Readiness: A Model for Healing in a Rural Alaskan Community
Organization:
Tri-Ethnic Center for Prevention Research
Web Site:
http://triethniccenter.colostate.edu/index.cfm

Making Progress Toward Issues of Race: Goals and Processes for Citizen Involvement

Hyperlink:
http://www.nlc.org/Resources_for_Cities/programs___
services/391.cfm
Organization:
National League of Cities
Web Site:
http://www.nlc.org

Speaking For Themselves: A Survey of Hispanic, Hmong, Russian, and Somali Immigrants in Minneapolis-Saint Paul

Download:
SpeakingForThemselves.pdf (100 KB)
Organization:
Wilder Research Center
Web Site:
http://www.wilder.org

Training for Racial Equity and Inclusion: A Guide to Selected Programs

Hyperlink:
http://www.aspeninstitute.org/index.asp?downloadid=115
Organization:
Aspen Institute
Web Site:
http://www.aspeninstitute.org

Turning the Tides of Exclusion

Hyperlink:
http://www.californiatomorrow.org/publications/cts.pl?pub_id=16
See:
An Advocate’s Journey Map – What helps People Learn to Care about the Access and Inclusion of Others? p. 50-52
Cost:
$24.95
Organization:
California Tomorrow
Web Site:
http://www.californiatomorrow.org

Valuing Diversity, Practicing Inclusion

Download:
ValuingDiversity.pdf (345 KB)
Organization:
Child and Family Policy Center
Web Site:
http://www.cfpciowa.org/

Walking the Walk: Principles for Building Community Capacity for Equity and Diversity

Hyperlink:
http://www.californiatomorrow.org/publications/cts.pl?pub_id=19
Cost:
$14.95
Organization:
California Tomorrow
Web Site:
http://www.californiatomorrow.org

1c. What Other Communities Are Doing – General Anti-Racism Strategies:

Campaign To Promote Racial Justice

Hyperlink:
http://www.nlc.org/Resources_for_Cities/programs
___services/391.cfm
Organization:
National League of Cities
Web Site:
http://www.nlc.org

Long-Term Anti-Racism Strategies: A Guide to Developing Effective Community Projects

Download:
ltars.pdf (128 KB)
Organization:
Affiliation of Multicultural Societies and Service Agencies of BC
Web Site:
http://www.amssa.org/

Project Change Lessons Learned

Download:
lessonslearnedII.pdf (1.9 MB)
Organization:
Project Change
Web Site:
http://www.projectchange.org

Reducing Racial Disparities in Juvenile Detention

Download:
8_reducing.pdf (358 KB)
Organization:
Annie E. Casey Foundation
Web Site:
http://www.aecf.org

Vital Differences: The Role of Race in Building Community

Download:
report_fullreport.pdf (3.76 MB)
Organization:
MIT Center for Reflective Community Practice
Web Site:
http://crcp.mit.edu/

1c. What Other Communities Are Doing – Educational Opportunities and Achievement:

Closing the Achievement Gap: Improving Educational Outcomes for African American Children

Download:
cag.pdf (3.16 MB)
Organization:
National Black Caucus of State Legislators
Web Site:
http://www.nbcsl.com/

Diversity Blueprint

Hyperlink:
http://www.diversityweb.org/diversity_innovations
/institutional_leadership/institutional_statements_plans
/diversityblueprint.cfm
Cost:
$29.00
Organization:
American Association of Colleges and Universities
Web Site:
http://www.aacu-edu.org/issues/diversity/index.cfm

From Schoolhouse to Statehouse – Community Organizing for Public School Reform

Download:
schoolhousetostatehouse.pdf (476 KB)
Organization:
National Center for Schools and Communities
Web Site:
http://www.ncscatfordham.org/pages/home.cfm

Improving Public Schools: Action Kit for Municipal Leaders (10 Questions to Ask about Your Public Schools

Download:
Improving_PS_Action_Kit.pdf (123 KB)
Organization:
National League of Cities
Web Site:
http://www.nlc.org

Metro Boston Equity Initiative

Hyperlink:
http://www.civilrightsproject.harvard.edu/
metroboston/synopsis.php
Organization:
Harvard Civil Rights Project
Web Site:
http://www.civilrightsproject.harvard.edu/

New Relationships with Schools

Download:
newrelationships.pdf (220 KB)
Organization:
Collaborative Communications Group
Web Site:
http://www.publicengagement.com

Organizing for School Reform: How Communities Are Finding Their Voices and Reclaiming Their Public Schools, Institute for Education and Social Policy

Download:
org_schl_reform.pdf (10.4 KB)
Organization:
Institute for Education and Social Policy, New York University
Web Site:
http://www.nyu.edu/iesp

President’s Task Force on Building an Inclusive Community

Hyperlink:
http://www1.hollins.edu/docs/diversity/practices.pdf
Organization:
Hollins University
Web Site:
http://www.hollins.edu/

Raising Minority Academic Achievement: A Compendium of Education Programs and Practices

Hyperlink:
http://www.aypf.org/rmaa/index.html
Organization:
American Youth Policy Forum
Web Site:
http://www.aypf.org

Successful Community Organizing for School Reform: The Indicators Project on Education Organizing

Download:
strong_neighbors_schools.pdf (2.62 MB)
Organization:
Cross City Campaign for School Urban Reform
Web Site:
http://www.crosscity.org/

Tellin' Stories Brochure

Download:
TSbrochure.pdf (136 KB)
Organization:
Tellin' Stories Project
Web Site:
http://www.teachingforchange.org
/DC_Projects/tellingstories/telling_stories.html

Unlocking the School House Door: The Community Struggle for a Say in Our Children’s Education

Download:
unlockingschool.pdf (811 KB)
Organization:
National Center for Schools and Communities
Web Site:
http://www.ncscatfordham.org/pages/home.cfm

1c. What Other Communities Are Doing: Economic Development and Housing:

Beyond Gentrification Toolkit: Tools for Equitable Development

Hyperlink:
http://www.policylink.org/EDTK/
Organization:
PolicyLink
Web Site:
http://www.policylink.org

1c. Developing Community Strategies for Change:

Long-Term Anti-Racism Strategies: A Guide to Developing Effective Community Projects

Download:
ltars.pdf (128 KB)
See:
Six Stages of Change diagram on page 7
Organization:
Affiliation of Multicultural Societies and Service Agencies of BC
Web Site:
http://www.amssa.org/

Rethinking “Leadership”: Notes on Community, Collaboration and Strategies for Systemic Change

Hyperlink:
http://www.rainbowresearch.org/index.asp?
Type=B_BASIC&SEC={B49A7361-B95B-4FA5-A664-4CA12DFD6C11}&DE={AB7AF93E-D026-4529-9273-9B1097C8B285}
Cost:
$5.00
Organization:
Rainbow Research
Web Site:
http://www.rainbowresearch.org

Using a Systems Change Approach to Building Communities

Download:
community.pdf (283 KB)
Organization:
InSites
Web Site:
http://members.aol.com/bevandpar/

1d. General Guides to Evaluation:

Review of evaluation guides: ASDC Review of Primers on Program Evaluation

Download:
RWJ Primer Report Version 3 (505 KB)
Organization:
Association for the Study and Development of Community
Web Site:
http://www.capablecommunity.com/

User-Friendly Handbook for Project Evaluation

Hyperlink:
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2002/nsf02057/nsf02057.pdf
Organization:
National Science Foundation
Web Site:
http://www.nsf.gov/

"We Did It Ourselves" Evaluation Guide
Download:
SierraEvaluationGuide.pdf (12.5 MB)
Organization:
Sierra Health Foundation
Web Site:
http://www.sierrahealth.org


1d. Web-based General Guides to Evaluation:

MAPnp Web Site

Hyperlink:
http://www.mapnp.org/library/evaluatn
Organization:
MAP for Nonprofits
Web Site:
http://mapnp.nonprofitoffice.com/

University of Wisconsin Extension Evaluation Web Site

Hyperlink:
http://www.uwex.edu/ces/pdande/evaluation
Organization:
University of Wisconsin Extension
Web Site:
http://www.uwex.edu


1d. Role of Data in Change:

Documents to come



1d. Deciding on the Focus of the Evaluation at This Time:

How to Use Evaluation as a Community Planning Tool

Hyperlink:
http://www.developmentleadership.net/smp/manual/04.htm
Organization:
Development Leadership Network
Web Site:
http://www.developmentleadership.net

Principles for Evaluating Comprehensive Community Initiatives

Download:
NFCVP062001.pdf (107 KB)
Organization:
Association for the Study and Development of Community
Web Site:
http://www.capablecommunity.com/

1d. Participatory/Culturally Competent Evaluations:

A Participatory Model for Evaluating Social Programs

Download:
Eval_Social.pdf (94 KB)
Organization:
The James Irvine Foundation
Web Site:
http://www.irvine.org/

Keys to Cultural Competency: A Literature Review for Evaluations of Recent Immigrant
and Refugee Service Programs in Colorado

Download:
KeystoCulturalCompetency04.pdf (315 KB)
Organization:
Colorado Trust
Web Site:
http://www.coloradotrust.org


2a. Initiative/project and community outcomes:

Community Organizing Toolbox: A Funder’s Guide to Community Organizing

Download:
COTBPart1-Introduction.pdf (77 KB)
See:
Measuring Results: How to Evaluate CO Initiatives, pp 70-78
Organization:
Neighborhood Funders Group
Web Site:
http://www.nfg.org

Communication for Social Change: An Integrated Model for Measuring the Process and Its Outcomes

Download:
socialchange.pdf (2.14 MB)
Organization:
Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs
Web Site:
http://www.jhuccp.org/

2a. Reasonable expectations:

Documents to come

 


Stage 2 - Defining Your Work: Thinking About the Work to be Evaluated


2b. Theory of Change/Logic Model:

Communication for Social Change: An Integrated Model for Measuring the Process and Its Outcomes

Download:
socialchange.pdf (2.2 MB)
See:
Figure 2: Integrated Model of Communication for Social Change
Organization:
Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs
Web Site:
http://www.jhuccp.org

Measuring Program Outcomes: A Practical Approach

Hyperlink:
http://national.unitedway.org/outcomes/resources/
Cost:
$5.00
Organization:
The United Way
Web Site:
http://national.unitedway.org

Theories of Change and Logic Models: Telling Them Apart

Download:
TOCs_and_Logic_Models_forAEA.ppt (70 KB)
Organization:
Theory of Change.org
Web Site:
http://www.theoryofchange.org

2b. Sufficiency of Strategies:

Strong Neighborhoods Strong Schools: Successful Community Organizing for School Reform: The Indicators Project on Education Organizing

Download:
strong_neighbors_schools.pdf (2.6 MB)
Organization:
Cross City Campaign
Web Site:
http://www.crosscity.org

 


2c. The Evaluation Questions to be Answered

The Results and Performance Accountability Implementation Guide

Hyperlink:
http://www.raguide.org
Organization:
The Results and Performance Accountability Implementation Guide
Web Site:
http://www.raguide.org

User-Friendly Handbook for Project Evaluation

Hyperlink:
http://www.ehr.nsf.gov/rec/programs/evaluation/handbook
See:
Chapter Two
Organization:
National Science Foundation Directorate for Education and Human Resources
Web Site:
http://www.nsf.gov/dir/index.jsp?org=EHR


Stage 3 - Designing: Evaluation Design and Plan


3a. Evaluation Design

Principles for Evaluating Comprehensive Community Initiatives

Download:
CVP062001.pdf (107 KB)
Organization:
Association for the Study and Development of Community
Web Site:
http://www.capablecommunity.com/

User-Friendly Handbook for Project Evaluation

Hyperlink:
http://www.ehr.nsf.gov/rec/programs/evaluation/handbook
See:
Chapters 1 and 2
Organization:
National Science Foundation Directorate for Education and Human Resources
Web Site:
http://www.nsf.gov/dir/index.jsp?org=EHR

Getting Smart, Getting Real: Using Research and Evaluation Information to Improve Programs and Policies

Download:
getsmartgetreal.pdf (3.8 MB)
Organization:
The Annie E. Casey Foundation
Web Site:
http://www.aecf.org

Evaluating Comprehensive Community Change

Download:
eval.pdf (125 KB)
Organization:
The Annie E. Casey Foundation
Web Site:
http://www.aecf.org

 


3b. External Assistance:

Evaluation Handbook

Download:
Pub770.pdf (838 KB)
See:
Choosing an Evaluator: Part Two, Step 4
Organization:
WK Kellogg Foundation
Web Site:
http://www.wkkf.org

3b. Involving the Community:

Keys to Cultural Competency: A Literature Review for Evaluations of Recent Immigrant and Refugee Service Programs in Colorado

Download:
KeystoCulturalCompetency04.pdf (315 KB)
Organization:
The Colorado Trust
Web Site:
http://www.coloradotrust.org

Participatory Model for Evaluating Social Programs

Download:
Eval_Social.pdf (94 KB)
Organization:
The James Irvine Foundation
Web Site:
http://www.irvine.org

Principles for Evaluating Comprehensive Community Initiatives

Download:
CVP062001.pdf (107 KB)
Organization:
The Association for the Study and Development of Community
Web Site:
http://www.capablecommunity.com


Stage 4 - Collecting Data: Finding and Collecting Data


4a. General Information on Data Sources:


User-Friendly Handbook for Project Evaluation

Hyperlink:
http://www.ehr.nsf.gov/rec/programs/evaluation/handbook
See:
Chapter 3
Organization:
National Science Foundation Directorate for Education and Human Resources
Web Site:
http://www.nsf.gov/dir/index.jsp?org=EHR

4a. Data on Community Outcomes from National Sources:

America’s Children: Key National Indicators of Well-Being

Download:
ac01.pdf (3.6 MB)
Organization:
Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics
Web Site:
http://www.childstats.gov

Child Trends Data Bank

Hyperlink:
http://www.childtrendsdatabank.org/
Organization:
Child Trends Data Bank
Web Site:
http://www.childtrendsdatabank.org/

Indicators of Sustainability

Hyperlink:
http://www.sustainablemeasures.com/Indicators/
SourceList.html
Organization:
Sustainable Measures
Web Site:
http://www.sustainablemeasures.com/