Document prior research on a solution, starting from community-needs assessment efforts, before planning future evaluations¶

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Description¶

The article recommends that organizations systematically document previous research on their solution to inform future evaluations. The recommended sequence starts with a question about efforts that organizations have made to understand the needs of the priority community they intend to serve through their solution, and then proceeds to populating the Prior Research Table with that documentation.

Design Implications¶

Context¶

Requirements¶

• Organizations must first reflect on and record efforts made to understand the needs of the priority community they intend to serve

Constraints¶

Target Learners¶

• Education organizations preparing to evaluate their solutions

Target Learning Goals¶

• Grounding evaluation planning in documented prior research and community-needs understanding

Related Strategies¶

• Sequence future adult-learning evaluation from usability observation to assistance-condition comparison with supervised independent assessment

Examples¶

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Key Sources¶

• Lindsay Fox, Megan Shoji, Ryan Ruggiero, Mikia Manley, Virginia Knechtel, Kate Place. (2023). Prior Research Table. Mathematica. https://www.mathematica.org/publications/prior-research-table