The IRE Resource Center is a major research library containing more than 23,250 investigative stories — both print and broadcast. Add to that more than 3,000 tipsheets from our national conferences on how to cover specific beats or do specific stories and you have a resource that no reporter or editor should be without. These stories and tipsheets are searchable online or by contacting the Resource Center directly (573-882-3364 or rescntr@ire.org) where a researcher can help you pinpoint what you need. Browse or search the tipsheet section of our library below. Logged-in members can view the tipsheets free online:
Search results for "Evaluation" ...
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Evaluating State Open Records Laws and Practices
Use Ginley's Powerpoint to check up on your state's open records law and how they match up to others.
Tags: open records; public access
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How Well Does Your State Oversee Nurses (and pharmacists, dentists, psychologists...)?
Government oversight can be tricky when it comes to our caregivers. Find out who is overseeing your nurse, and whether or not they are qualified to be evaluating such performances.
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Turning schools data into scoops
Vogell explains the value of school data as a rich source for stories on education. She explains where and how to start with your reporting. She discusses out what to look at when evaluating test scores and student achievement; discipline and school safety; teaching and certification; various other valuable data.
Tags: education; testing; standardized test scores; National Board Certification; NBCL; schools; No Child Left Behind; students; school data; student achievement; grade inflation; college remediation; discipline; school safety
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Scouring syllabi: Basic ways to check if colleges and universities are teaching
Gabrielson outlines basic ways to check if colleges and universities are teaching. Tips include looking at graduation rates; evaluating testing results; and investigating the curriculum.
Tags: education; curriculum; testing; matriculation; graduation rates; drop out rates;
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Math and Sports Talk
Wilcox discusses how math is used by sports teams, and how to evaluate sports using statistics. He breaks it down by sport: baseball, basketball and football.
Tags: sports; statistics; averages; point value; box scores; NBA efficiency
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Digging into Nonprofits: IRS Form 990
Campbell created a "reader's guide" for the IRS Form 990. He details what information can be found on the form and what specifically to look for when evaluating the information, but also alerts you to the potential pitfalls of the form.
Tags: nonprofit; 990; IRS; Internal Revenue Service; charities; GuideStar; 501(c)4;
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Looking for People
Lopez offers advice for evaluating fee-based databases to gather information on people.
Tags: background; database; social security; identity; people; research
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Fast searching on the Internet
Garcia provides a number of helpful Web sites for reporters to use when doing online research. She gives specialized subject directories, specialty search engines, regular search engines and tells when to use each one. Garcia also gives tips on how to evaluate the information you find from your searches. Version en Espanol(2912)
Tags: Internet; investigative techniques; finding information online; Web tools; Spanish 2912
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Evalutating Effectiveness of a Course/Session
Wolfe offers a simple form to evaluate what journalists thought of a training session. It is NOT multiple choice.
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Homework News Writing Assignment grading sheet
This is an evalutation tool for trainees in the areas of "Engaging the audience," "Overall look and news judgment," and "Mastery of journlaism writing basics."