Quasi-Experimental Evaluation - January 1998

Series

Human Resources Development Canada (HRDC) has a long tradition in program evaluation. Over the years, the Evaluation and Data Development Branch (EDD) of HRDC has conducted numerous evaluations on a wide range of departmental programs. The expertise and experience acquired have permitted EDD to hone its evaluation techniques and approaches.

More recently, however, changes in the delivery nature of some HRDC programs have affected the way evaluation is conducted. Now, HRDC regional offices are more directly and actively involved in program evaluation.

In response to these changes EDD is proud to initiate a new series of publications entitled "Evaluation Tool Kit". The objective of the series is to build evaluation capacity and knowledge throughout HRDC and its partner organisations by providing pertinent information about designing, planning and conducting an evaluation. Existing information about particular topics will be synthesised and made readily accessible in short, precise reports which are adapted to the evaluation of human resources development programs.

The evaluation field is one of growing interest and progress. We invite you to provide us with comments you may have on this series or on a specific study.

The first study of the new series focuses on the quasi-experimental approach in evaluation.