Best Practices for Collecting Primary Data from Reentry Populations for Program Evaluation
Topics:
Evaluation and Sustainability
Program Quality and Performance Measurement
Second Chance Month
This resource brief from the Evaluation and Sustainability Training and Technical Assistance (ES TTA) Project at RTI International and the Center for Court Innovation provides guidance on key decisions that need to be made when undertaking primary data collection with reentering populations for reentry program evaluation.
The brief helps evaluators determine what data need to be collected, from whom, when, and how, and summarizes best practices in designing your data collection instrument and developing and implementing data collection protocols.
View the brief (PDF)