Measure What Matters (by Elevate What Matters)

The purpose and focus of this podcast are to dive into various topics of impact and measurement from the perspectives of evaluators, evaluation funders, and those participating in evaluations. These are three critical and essential perspectives that this podcast will elevate. Join us for lively examples and discussions about how we figure out, within specific contexts, programs, and policies, what to measure. We promise to throw some fun into the mix.

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  Episode #3

  Program Evaluation Behind the Scenes: Dr. Liz Hollingworth on What Gets Measured, Why It Matters, and How Funding Shapes Outcomes

  Aug 1, 202630 minS1

  <p>Host Melissa introduces the University of Iowa’s measurement legacy (Iowa Testing Programs, E.F. Lindquist, and ACT) and interviews Dr. Liz Hollingworth, professor and director of the Center for Evaluation and Assessment (CEA). Hollingworth recounts her path from K–12 teaching to working at Iowa Testing Programs during No Child Left Behind, developing leadership coursework on standards-based education and advocacy, and moving into program evaluation under Don Yarbrough before becoming CEA director for 11 years. She describes CEA’s work evaluating diverse programs, including a canceled cancer research pipeline program defunded for privileging minoritized students, an RCT of a computer-based third...

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  Episode #2

  Whole Family Work at Wilder: Measuring What Matters Beyond Outputs

  Jul 21, 202644 minS1

  <p>Whole Family Work at Wilder: Measuring What Matters Beyond Outputs</p> <p>Host Melissa introduces the podcast’s focus on how evaluation grew from the 1960s war on poverty and welcomes Dr. Wanda Walker and Kristin Dillon to discuss the Wilder Foundation’s Whole Families approach in the Twin Cities. Walker shares 30+ years in anti-poverty and 2Gen work and explains how Wilder has spent the past seven years formalizing Whole Family as an organization-wide philosophy, not a single program, emphasizing “no wrong door,” integrated services, and reducing internal barriers that force families to repeat traumatic stories. Dillon describes Wilder’s unique s...

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  The Human Side of Data Collection

  Jul 20, 202620 minS1

  <p>Melissa launches the kickoff episode of the Measure What Matters podcast, reflecting on Georgia Lupe’s quote, “Data are data, but how we gather them and use them is entirely human,” and how evaluation choices shape what we learn. Drawing on her early-2000s experience evaluating the multibillion-dollar Early Reading First program under No Child Left Behind, she explains how different stakeholders—funders, program staff, teachers, parents, and children—wanted different evidence, and how focusing only on funder-required outcomes could miss innovative play-based learning, nuanced professional development, and stakeholder buy-in. She outlines four core questions for the series: who decides wh...

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