Our Services

We offer a full range of evaluation services including needs assessments, program logic models, formative and summative evaluations, and staff workshops. Our flexible and innovative approach applies quantitative and qualitative research methods to answer the questions that will help you better serve your clients.

We work collaboratively with project staff, building on prior knowledge and strengthening internal evaluation capacity. Our collaborative approach extends to program participants, using data collection methods that add value to program content and and are meaningful to participants.

Examples of recent projects

EMJ Associates has helped schools, museums, and community organizations with the following projects:

• Worked with a community organization to develop and test three developmentally appropriate measures of children's learning about body safety and sexual abuse prevention.
• Conducted evaluations of Department of Education funded programs that met evaluation requirements, identified areas of improvement, and supported staff in continuous program improvement efforts.
• Made recommendations to streamline data collection while improving the validity and reliability of student assessments for an after school program.
• Improved communication between program staff, Board members, and program funders through a logic model development process.
• Supported improvements of an environmental education program through observations, interviews, and online surveys assessing the diverse experiences of students, teachers, and educators.
• Developed protocols for staff to record and summarize interactions with museum visitors.