Evaluation is required on an ongoing basis under WIOA to ‘promote, establish, implement and utilize methods for continuously improving core program activities in order to achieve high-level performance within, and high-level outcomes from, the workforce development system.’ Evaluations should employ ‘rigorous analytical and statistical methods that are reasonably feasible, such as the use of control groups.’

To learn more about Evaluation under WIOA, view the WIOA Wednesday Webinar, “Evaluation Under WIOA: An Introduction” presented by Cynthia Forland of Forland Consulting LLC. The PDF presentation and the recording are below. 

This framework uses the following working vision of equity from the Annie E. Casey Foundation: Equity is “the state, quality, or ideal of being just, impartial and fair. The concept of equity is synonymous with fairness and justice. It is helpful to think of equity as not simply a desired state of affairs or lofty value. To be achieved and sustained, equity needs to be thought of as a structural and systemic concept.”

To learn more about the components of equity in evaluations, click on one of the following links:

• Considerations for Conducting Evaluation Using a Culturally Responsible and Racial Equity Lens, Public Policy Associates 
• Evaluation with a Diversity Lens: Exploring Its Functions and Utility to Inform Philanthropic Effectiveness
• How Do We Know It When We See It?