Using Data to Make Decisions
Buckley, J., Postlewaite, E., Archibald, T., Linver, M. R., & Urban, J. B. (2024). A Protocol for Participatory Data Use. American Journal of Evaluation, 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1177/10982140241234835
The Role of Relationships
Buckley, J., Hargraves, M., Moorman, L. (2021) The Relational Nature of Evaluation Capacity Building: Lessons from Facilitated Evaluation Partnerships. New Directions for Evaluation
Evaluative Thinking
Buckley, J., Archibald, T., Hargraves, M., & Trochim, W. M. (2015). Defining and teaching evaluative thinking: Insights from research on critical thinking. American Journal of Evaluation, 36(3), 375-388. doi:10.1177/1098214015581706
My publications and practical resources explore how people learn evaluation, develop evaluative thinking, and use evidence in their work. Many arise from collaborations with researchers and practitioners and connect educational theory with guidance for facilitation.
CRS Evaluative Thinking Resources
Explore the workshop video series and a sample facilitator’s guide I coauthored with Guy Sharrock and Tom Archibald.
Evaluative thinking video series — open “Evaluative Thinking for Adaptive Management” to find all seven videos.
Seeking Evidence facilitator’s guide (PDF) — Round 2, Group 3, for country program leadership; one packet from the nine-part guide collection.
Other Publications
Urban, J.B., Linver, M.R., Buckley, J., Hargraves, M., & Archibald, T. (2024). Character-minded evaluation: Recognizing and activating the essential role of character in high-quality evaluation. In M. Matthews & R. M. Lerner (Eds.), Routledge international handbooks of multidisciplinary perspectives on character development: Volume 1. Conceptualizing and defining character (pp. 310-334). Routledge.
Hargraves, M., Buckley, J., Urban, J., Linver, M., Chauveron, L., Samtani, S., Archibald, T., & Moorman, L. (2021). Resonance, Stickiness, and the Value Propositions of Evaluation Capacity Building: Key Takeaways and Future Directions. New Directions for Evaluation. DOI: 10.1002/ev.20442.
Urban, J., Hargraves, M., Buckley, J., Archibald, T., Hebbard, C., & Trochim, W. (2021). The Systems Evaluation Protocol for Evaluation Planning. New Directions for Evaluation. DOI: 10.1002/ev.20443.
Urban, J., Archibald, T., Hargraves, M., Buckley, J., Hebbard, C., Linver, M., & Trochim, W. (2021). Introduction to Relational Systems Evaluation. New Directions for Evaluation. DOI: 10.1002/ev.20444.
Chauveron, L., Urban, J., Samtani, S., Cox, M., Moorman, L., Hargraves, M., Buckley, J., & Linver, M. (In press). Promoting Evaluation in Youth Character Development through Enhanced Evaluation Capacity Building: Empirical Findings from the PACE Project. New Directions for Evaluation. DOI: 10.1002/ev.20447.
Urban, J., Linver, M., Chauveron, L., Archibald, T., Hargraves, M., & Buckley, J. (2021). Applying the Systems Evaluation Protocol in the Real World: Six Case Studies. New Directions for Evaluation. DOI: 10.1002/ev.20448.
Urban, J., Archibald, T., Hargraves, M., Buckley, J., Hebbard, C., Linver, M., & Trochim, W. (2021). Editors’ Notes. New Directions for Evaluation. DOI: 10.1002/ev.20442.
Archibald, T., Sharrock, G., Buckley, J., Young, S. (2018). Every practitioner a “knowledge worker”: Promoting evaluative thinking to enhance learning and adaptive management in international development. In A. T. Vo & T. Archibald (Eds.), Evaluative Thinking. New Directions for Evaluation, 158, 73-91.
Archibald, T., Sharrock, G., Buckley, J., & Cook, N. (2016). Assumptions, conjectures, and other miracles: The application of evaluative thinking to theory of change models in community development. Evaluation and Program Planning, 59, 119-127. doi:10.1016/j.evalprogplan.2016.05.015
Sharrock, G., Buckley, J., & Archibald, T. (2017). Evaluative Thinking Facilitator’s Guide. [A volume of 9 packets of activities focused on Identifying Assumptions, Seeking Evidence, and Taking Action]. Catholic Relief Services. Retrieved from https://www.crs.org/our-work/program-areas/programming-approaches-support/monitoring-evaluation-accountability-learning-meal/key-tools-and-initiatives
Trochim, W., Urban, J. B., Hargraves, M., Hebbard, C., Buckley, J., Archibald, T., Johnson, M., & Burgermaster, M. (2012). The Guide to the Systems Evaluation Protocol (V2.2). Ithaca NY. Retrieved from https://core.human.cornell.edu/research/systems/protocol/index.cfm