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- EIN 52-1463557
- (202) 367-1166
- 2001 K Street Nw 300 Washington DC 20006-1037 USA
- www.eval.org
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Mission: The american evaluation association's mission is to improve evaluation practices and methods, increase evaluation use, promote evaluation as a profession and support the contribution of evaluation to the generation of theory and knowledge about effective human action.
Programs: Annual meeting: the annual meeting allows members to meet face-to-face with peers in the profession of evaluation. Attendees also have the opportunity to learn about the newest developments and methods in the field of evaluation.
member services: the primary function of member services is to provide access to information about professional practice. As part of the member services category, area members received via postal service a year's subscription to two journals; the american journal of evaluation (aje) and new directions for evaluation (nde). In addition, members received electronic access to the past 20+ years of archives for aje and nde as well as two other journals; evaluation and the health professions (ehp) and evaluation review (er). Members also received access to resources via the aea website - production and maintenance of which falls within the member services category. As of the fiscal year ending 6/30/16, the association had approximately 7,250 members.
professional development: aea holds professional development workshops that precede and follow its annual conference. The goal for the workshops is to transfer the knowledge and skills essential for high quality, ethical, exemplary, evaluation practice.
other program services include participation assistance, internships, data collection trial programs, volunteer leadership and the evaluation policy task force.