How do you develop and examine the goals of your program? One model ACET often uses is the SMART framework. This framework includes five important attributes, which also can be framed as questions:

If you want to discover what’s working, evaluate. If you want to identify what can be improved, evaluate. If you want to show impact, evaluate.

To evaluate your program, many evaluators use a Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) or Quality Improvement (QI) approach.

In 1998, Stella SiWan Zimmerman founded ACET, Inc., and began building a strong team. Today, ACET has seven employees and a group of consultants who provide high-quality, culturally tailored evaluation and consulting services.

Before the start of the pandemic, addressing program fidelity usually occurred in person. Since programs now happen mostly online, it’s critical to continue to enhance program fidelity in a virtual environment.

Sustainability happens when organizations strategize, plan for, and set systems in place. How? Consider these ideas: