"Without data, you’re just another person with an opinion."
—W. Edwards Deming
NDN Consultants is a woman-owned small business that offers comprehensive program evaluation and data analytical services tailored to help organizations better serve vulnerable communities.
Your mission, work and its impact matters. Increasingly, the success of educational programs and businesses rely on measuring and demonstrating effectiveness. Outcomes matter to funders, investors and, most importantly, the participants or clients being served. Are you collecting the right data? Are you truly delivering meaningful results? Are your clients satisfied?
ndn consultants can help you answer these questions.
What We Do
NDN Consultants believe that all learners deserve access to high quality educational and community programming, especially the vulnerable and marginalized. Therefore, we are committed to helping organizations and institutions become more effective at determining and improving their impact with vulnerable populations. That means taking a human-centered approach and leveraging both our client's programming knowledge and experience as well as our expertise in: learner motivation, participant engagement, evaluation research, data collection and analysis; to ultimately produce data driven results. We recognize that one size doesn’t fit all. For that reason, we customize our services to meet your unique needs.
Below are just some of the services we provide:
Program Evaluations
Data Collection
& Survey Design
Data Analysis
& Interpretation
Database Development
& Management
Professional development & Training
“"NDN Consultants is top-notch. They are firmly committed to helping students achieve through high-quality, student-centered services. NDN Consultants truly is an invaluable resource for students and families."
Jymece Seward, Fmr. Education Specialist at Family Matters of Greater Washington.
News & Resources
NDN Consultants utilize the latest educational research around academic motivation and program evaluation to inform our work. Our News & Resources section offers updates on the work we do as well as curated links, publications, articles and blog posts to help kick-start your evaluation efforts. A few examples include:
School/Afterschool program collaboration
"According to the Harvard Family Research Project (2010), schools need collaborative partners to help children and youth thrive." Find out why.
Program Evaluation Resources
Every after-school program should stay abreast on research related to after-school and program evaluations. Learning more about how to help your organization.
a case for High Quality after-school programs
"Nationwide, more than 5.8 million young people—about one in seven teenagers and young adults between the ages of 16 and 24—are neither working nor in school."