Of course, you believe in your program and that it is working…but how do you demonstrate your effectiveness to yourselves, your stakeholders, and others? Let the experts at Mentoring Central help you to evaluate your program’s effectiveness.

Our team of scientists, researchers, and statisticians— in combination with use of our web-based data collection and project management software— will help you design an evaluation that fits your needs and budget. Our team’s diverse experience includes:

• 40 years of scientific and technical assessment expertise
• Eight behavioral scientists on staff, many of whom are psychologists and mentoring experts
• Recipients of numerous evaluation contracts and Federal grants on mentoring and other positive youth development topics
• Co-authors of peer-reviewed studies on mentoring and preventive interventions

We can assist you during all stages of the evaluation process including:

• Helping you articulate your mission and desired outcomes into a logic model, conceptual framework (grounded in research and theory), and measurable goals
• Working collaboratively with you to design a feasible evaluation plan that achieves your goals
• Customizing our software application to meet your project management and data collection (e.g., use of web-based or mobile surveys) needs
• Conducting data coding, cleaning, and management
• Designing and conducting statistical analyses
• Describing technical statistical findings to you in terms that an educated layperson can understand
• Interpreting the findings together to understand their implications for recommendations for your program model or continuous quality improvement processes
• Helping you to interpret and present findings to your stakeholders in terms they can understand
• Producing attractive infographics and reports for sharing with various audiences
• Providing you with technical appendices containing all methodological and statistical details