​​The Waverly Group-MidWest L.L.C.


An Organizational Change Consulting Corporation 

 

​​​EVALUATION


Increasingly, organizations are seeking support to demonstrate evidence of program outcomes. Assessment, research, and evaluation services provide by TWG affiliates includes: 

  • Needs and assets assessments to determine both the needs of the organization and the assets of people within the organization 
  • Logic models and theories of change to visualize how organizational resources, programs, and activities will contribute to the desired outcomes
  • Process evaluations to determine whether a program or service is being delivered as intended and to the right people
  • Impact evaluations to determine whether a program is having the desired effects
  • Return on investment evaluations to measure the financial return from a program or service
  • Formative evaluations to improve performance
  • Summative evaluations to assess merit  and significance


​ TWG provides assessment research, and evaluation services on a variety of topics. Its research and evaluation affiliates engage in long-term projects with educational institutions, with expertise in a) youth behavior and academic learning, b) violence exposure, conflict resolution, and restorative practices, c) culturally competency and race relations, d) health behaviors and healthcare disparities, and e) public policy issues related to children and families. The staff and affiliated personnel are members of the American Evaluation Association, the Michigan Association for Evaluation, and American Psychological Association.


TWG is committed to providing its clients with evaluation and research that is useful, feasible, ethical, and accurate. The organization emphasizes a) a collaborative approach to management plan development and implementation by engaging diverse stakeholders, b) a practical approach to data collection by leveraging new and innovative research and evaluation strategies with relevant past and present data sources that may inform project outcomes, and c) an informed approach to data analysis that serves as the foundation of effective project recommendations.