Program Evaluation and Policy Analysis

Research Works, Inc. (RWI) has a legacy of producing ethical, objective and rigorous high quality program evaluation services. Using an array of approaches to evaluate, monitor and analyze, every evaluation service produced by RWI is tailored to meet the individual needs of every client. This individualized approach includes where appropriate using RWI’s extensive experience in online data collection, which can cut the cost of surveys, live focus groups and other traditional data collection to provide your organization with a premium service. RWI provides a complete evaluation service that is customized to enhance the performance of your organization.

RWI has a depth experience providing evaluation services to education and social services, including but not limited to:

• Pre-program development (Needs Assessment) evaluation
• Implementation (Process or Formative) evaluation
• Impact (Performance, Outcome or Summative) evaluation
• Instrument design, data collection, data management, data analysis and interpretation
• Report preparation (both narrative and compliance reporting)
• Evaluation Capacity Building (school, district, system of districts)
• Technical assistance on the use of already collected or available data to inform planning and decision-making

RWI has extensive experience working with at-risk schools in large and small city environments. For many of RWI’s projects, including those for the NYC Department of Education, RWI has managed large, confidential data sets. As part of RWI’s supreme and complete service we always work closely with program and school staff to ensure their understanding of all research completed and to build their capacity to use data for improvement in their programs.

• Education
• Accountability
• Child welfare and family services
• Evaluation Capacity Building