Your Data Science & Evaluation Partner
Acorn Evaluation is a data science consultant and external evaluator based in San Diego, CA. We provide management consulting, evaluation, training and technical assistance to education and non-profit organizations, helping them use data to improve their programs and communicate their successes to funders, stakeholders, and their communities.
Your Data. Your Story.
Acorn empowers you with tools to effectively communicate your outcomes to stakeholders and funders. We work with you to shed light on the stories you want told using advanced technology solutions that allow us to draw previously unseen conclusions from your data.
The example below is a visualization of the impact of Head Start preschool children’s annual attendance on their DRDP outcomes. Mouse over the visualized data (yellow line, columns) to display source data. Click on the labels at the bottom of the chart to toggle data on and off.
From Our Blog
Head Start’s New Monitoring Protocols Show that OHS is Serious about Using Data
When the new Head Start Program Performance Standards (HSPPS) were released last year, the word “data” was at center stage. This sent a clear Read more
The Final Rule and You: Early Reactions To The Historic Head Start Performance Standards Announcement
They’re Heeeeeeere! Yesterday was the big day many of us have been anticipating for over a year now: the formal announcement and corresponding delivery of Read more
Better, Not More: Data Quality and the Coming Data Revolution in Head Start
Data… Data… Data… If you are a Head Start manager or director, you have seen this word a lot. You know that the new Performance Read more
Big Data + Small Children = Big Impact
In the world of early childhood education, data is often thought of in terms of compliance. In most ECE organizations a significant part of the Read more
