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John Nash Stanford Center for Innovations in Learning Stanford
University December 2001  I am an evaluator of social and
educational initiatives. My research involves developing
improved approaches to the evaluation of complex social and
educational programs, such as an after-school program in your
neighborhood, or a multi-million dollar initiative to use
technology to enhance learning in universities. Managing and
determining the success of these programs is challenging because
they are designed by and for many different participants and
tend to have goals that are laudable but difficult to achieve.
My research will lead to better understanding of why programs
that succeed are successful.  The chal