Under this contract, New Editions provides technical support to collect and analyze data needed for NIDILRR’s annual evaluation activities. The evaluation support services under this contract focus on engaging people with disabilities and their family members to provide critical feedback and insights that will help NIDILRR continue to make meaningful and innovative contributions in rehabilitation medicine, engineering, psychosocial rehabilitation, integration, vocational outcomes, and virtual and built environments. This includes collecting information from NIDILRR staff, applicable stakeholders, and experts using appropriate methods and platforms to engage them and garner feedback.
New Editions supports five specific task areas under this contract: Develop an Implementation Plan for Utilization-Focused Evaluation at NIDILRR; Conduct User Experience Research with Persons with Disabilities and Family Members to Determine Their Ability to Find NIDILRR Grantee-Produced Outputs; Measure, Assess, and Optimize the Value of Grantee Outputs to Stakeholders; Develop a NIDILRR Online Dashboard or Similar Continuous Reporting Visualization; and Use the Evaluation Approaches, Methods, and Components to Evaluate the Performance of NIIDILRR Programs.
