WSP: Evaluation Committee

The WaterShed Partners
Evaluation Committee

Purpose: Evaluation of WaterShed Partners projects, processes, and effectiveness informs and directs future WaterShed Partners activities toward achievement of the WaterShed Partners mission.

Description: The WaterShed Partners Evaluation Committee assures that all major WaterShed Partners outreach projects, educational products, and programs are evaluated as to their effectiveness in serving the mission of the WaterShed Partners and the goals of each project. The committee also sees to it that internal structures and processes of the WaterShed Partners support a productive and positive partnership. Various formal and informal, qualitative and quantitative measures are used to evaluate effectiveness. Major evaluations and surveys are conducted with assistance of professional research organizations such as Wilder Research Center and Rockwood Research. Past evaluation efforts have included...

WaterShed exhibit evaluation of effectiveness with fifth grade students (fall, 1999). Click here to view the Summary and Lessons Learned from this recent evaluation.
Water Quality Action Campaign (June, 1999)
WaterShed exhibit participant survey at State Fair and other venues (summer, 1998)
Strategic planning reviews (periodic - next one scheduled for November, 2000)
Partner surveys (periodic)
WaterShed exhibits user surveys (ongoing)

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Center for Global Environmental Education
Hamline University Graduate School of Education
1536 Hewitt Avenue, St. Paul, MN 55104-1284
Phone: 651-523-2480 Fax: 651-523-3041