We offer Program Development, Performance Management, and Program Evaluation services to help clients plan, develop, manage, monitor and evaluate their programs in light of specific strategic objectives and the Congressional mandates they reflect.

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Continuum staff support all phases of performance management including:

• Benchmarking
• Developing Web-Based Performance Management Tools
• Determining Effective Practices
• Document Review
• Monitoring

Performance Evaluation Services

The American Evaluation Association(AEA) defines evaluation as "assessing the strengths and weaknesses of programs, policies, personnel, products, and organizations to improve their effectiveness."

Continuum evaluators step in at all stages of program development to assess:

• The need for a particular program
• The program's design and the theory behind its design
• Program processes and implementation
• Program outcome/impact
• Program cost, efficiency, and sustainability

The AEA has issued a call to action for increasingly effective federal program evaluation. Read AEA's An Evaluation Roadmap for More Effective Government. Continuum follows AEA's Guiding Principles for Evaluators in implementing the full range of program evaluation methods:

• Case studies
• Data Analysis
• Focus groups
• In-depth interviews
• Internet, Mail, and Telephone Surveys
• Logic Models
• Site Visits