Will the lessons be learned? Reflections on local authority evaluations and the use of research evidence
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Sure Start programmes are complex, community-based initiatives – forerunners of the Children’s Centres Initiative – that have been evaluated nationally and locally. Using an in-depth, retrospective case study of an evaluation of one local programme, the authors raise key issues pertinent to both practice and evaluation in the field, highlighting conflicts and dilemmas both within evaluation generally and, specifically, relating to the evaluation of this programme. We illustrate the difficulties placed on local evaluators by the lack of clear structures within which to work, and provide useful lessons as we move forward into the development and evaluations of new services for children and families.
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Jill Clark and Elaine Hall are Senior Research Associates in the Research Centre for Learning and Teaching at Newcastle University. Elaine has a particular research interest in family learning and Jill in participatory research with children and young people. They have conducted many local evaluations over the past 11 years.
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