The Division's evaluation projects are large-scale, 18-to-24 month studies designed to assess outcome achievement and long-term impacts, with respect to overall State Department, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs and program goals. The evaluations are retrospective, examine cross-cutting themes, and employ both quantitative and qualitative research methods, including surveys, focus groups, interviews, and document review.

Select English Language Programs
This evaluation will assess the impact and effectiveness of select English Language programs administered by the Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. Three programs will be included, each of which will be assessed individually according to program goals and outcomes: the English Language Specialist Program, the E-Teacher Scholarship Program, and the Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship (ETA) Program. English language programming is central to ECA's mandate to increase mutual understanding between the people of the United States and people in other countries, strengthen cross-cultural exchanges and learning, and foster linkages between US citizens and institutions and those overseas. This evaluation provides an opportunity to review the effectiveness of each program in achieving specific goals, in order to provide information that the ECA Bureau, ECA senior leadership and management, and ECA program offices can use to enhance program effectiveness and impact. Maryland-based research firm EurekaFacts conducts the evaluation.

A Gender Assessment of Select ECA Programs
This new evaluation, an integrated assessment of five ECA programs that focus on professional development through the gender lens, will provide unique data with regard to the similarities and differences in how men and women experience ECA programs, what they take away, and how they apply and share knowledge after they return home. The findings will enable State Department leadership, ECA senior management, and program officers to better understand potential impacts of the program on its male and female participants and inform on-going and future program design. The five ECA programs to be evaluated are the FORTUNE/State Department Global Women's Mentoring Partnership, the American Government Fellows Program, the American Business Fellows Program, the Institute for Representative Government (IRG), and the International Leaders in Education Program. Research Solutions International (RSI) heads up the evaluation.

Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship
This groundbreaking evaluation applies a sectoral approach to investigate the impact that Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship Program participants have had in the fields of environment, law and human rights, and public health regionally or in their home countries. Each year since 1978 approximately 160 Humphrey Fellows are funded by the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) to engage in non-degree study and associated professional experiences at one of 15 selected American universities. The purpose of this evaluation is to examine the effectiveness of the Humphrey Program in fostering change or institutional and organizational capacity building in three critical fields: environment, law and human rights, and public health. The evaluation will endeavor to collect information from fellows from all years, stretching back to the late 1970s, thus offering in-depth analysis of how the Humphrey Program is a catalyst for change. The Evaluation Division is working with Social Solutions International (SSi) to conduct the evaluation.

Journalism and Media Exchange Programs
This evaluation assesses the effectiveness of journalism and media programs and projects administered by the Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA), under the auspices of the International Visitors Leadership Program, the Edward R. Murrow Program for Journalists, and the Office of Citizen Exchanges. These programs seek to achieve key ECA Bureau Goals: increasing mutual understanding and strengthening linkages between people and institutions in the United States and overseas. They also hold thematic goals specific to journalism and media initiatives, such as improving the practice of journalism, strengthening new media outlets, building capacity for investigative and in-depth reporting, providing independent sources of information, and professionalizing the fields of journalism and broadcast media, among others. The evaluation will rely on both quantitative and qualitative sources of data, for programs conducted between 2001 and 2007.  InterMedia, located in Washington, D.C., is conducting the evaluation.

Select Cultural and Sports Programs
This evaluation assesses the impact and effectiveness of select cultural and sports programs administered by the Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA).  The evaluation is made up of three individual, thematic assessments: 1) cultural and arts program and projects managed by the International Visitors Leadership Program Office (IVLP); 2) The Sports Visitors Program and Sports Envoy Program conducted through the SportsUnited division in the Office of Citizen Exchanges; and 3) select programs conducted by the Cultural Program Division in the Office of Citizen Exchanges. The numerous programs and projects examined cover a wide range of cultural exchanges and artistic genres, State Department efforts to support girls' and boys' engagement in sports, exposure to athletics in educational settings, technical sports training, and outreach to youth. Management Systems International (MSI) is conducting the evaluation.