Ok, still a few bugs...i have a draft somewhere out there...  so here we go again..

Something we have talked about that the article on shared outcomes posits:  Evaluation Must Evolve and How does evaluation change lives?  Also from the APR i have gleaned some valuable information regarding the effectiveness of the program as well as  strategies that support achieving GEAR UP goals-objectives.  I've listed some questions/comments that these readings generated:

1.  What is GEARUP program success in the eyes of participating youth and families?
2.  Do we share with our communities about what works or does not work in the program in order to develop more effective strategies?
3.  (Vygotsky& Rogoff  flavor)  What is the socio-historical narrative of the communities we serve?
4.  Evaluation results...social transformation and accountability?
5.   Are there tech investments we can make to support/augment real time data and feedback?
6.  Who are our GEAR UP community stakeholders?
7.  What about the formation of critical friends who can act as monitoring partners and mini-grants to support this group?
8.  Use evaluation results to develop learning forums where we can highlight lessons and challenges
9.  Innovative tools that augment a culture that values evaluation as a resource for learning, collaboration and shared lessons
10.  What about a GPS storytelling project  for GEAR UP youth and families as a way to share evaluation outcomes (eg. Solutions) ?
11.  Outcome of  mixed methods methodology--creation of a shared outcomes model.