OECD Workshop on Workforce Development and Local Job Creation

1. OECD Workshop on Workforce
Development and Local Job
Creation
Session V: Evaluation, Data, and Metrics
November 19, 2014
Sheena McConnell

2. Thoughts from a Researcher
1. Evaluation, data, and metrics are increasingly important
“In God we trust; all others bring data” W. E. Deming, Statistician
2. Invest in collecting data
3. Do experiments
4. Focus evaluation on program improvement
5. Disseminate evaluation findings widely
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