Evaluation blogs,podcasts,and webinars in 2023: A roundup review

Abstract

This is a review and roundup of evaluation blogs, podcasts, and webinars in 2023 with a personal commentary on the trends which emerged during the period. To write this, I reviewed hundreds of blogs and dozens of podcasts and webinars. The roundup is organized around key trends that emerged throughout the year: (1) evaluators’ responses to Artificial Intelligence; (2) decolonizing evaluation; (3) the never-ending debate about experimental methods in evaluation, and (4) system change evaluation. I then add a series of honorable mentions that fall outside of (or adjacent to) the key trends but are noteworthy on their own merits.