Evaluation Links
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Cultural Vitality in Communities: Interpretation and Indicators
This monograph introduces a definition of community cultural vitality that encompasses opportunities for arts participation, actual participation by the public and systems of support for cultural activity.
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Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation Assessment Initiative
This web resource summarizes nine principles of meaningful measurement. Several sample rubrics are provided to illustrate key evaluation concepts.
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Measuring Joy
Baltimore Clayworks' executive director tells how evaluation using logic models helped her organization to strengthen their programs, allocate resources, and tell the story of their impact on young lives.
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Outcome-Based Evaluation: A Working Model for Arts Projects
This guide for arts organizations describes an outcome-based evaluation process and includes examples from opera, dance and the media arts. Published by the National Endowment for the Arts.
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Singing Our Praises: Case Studies in the Art of Evaluation
A comprehensive how-to book for the arts.