• Program evaluation, metaevaluation, and needs assessment
• Participatory approaches to evaluation
• Quality Improvement (QI), Lean Six Sigma, Improvement Science, Implementation Science, and Design Thinking
• Strategic planning, project management, and systems change
• Team leadership and employee management
• Strategic operations and integration
• Grant writing and grant management
• Policy analysis and research
• Educator effectiveness and evaluation systems
• School improvement planning, school mental health, and Multi-Tiered System of Supports (MTSS)
• Psychometric instrument development and validation including exploratory factor analysis (EFA) and Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA)
• Quantitative data analysis including ANOVA, MANOVA, multiple regression, hierarchical linear modeling, and structural equation modeling
• Qualitative data approaches including focus groups, interviews, participant observation, field studies, thematic analysis, and social network analysis

SELECT PROJECTS

• WI DPI’s Strategic Planning Needs Assessment
• WI DPI’s Comprehensive School Mental Health (CSMH) and Trauma Sensitive Schools (TSS) Needs Assessment, Literature Review, Logic Model Development, and Evaluation Planning (PI)
• WI DPI’s Mental Health Toolkit and Instrument Development (Co-PI and Project Manager)
• Racine Community Schools Evaluation (PI)
• Coalition for Community Schools Technical Assistance (Project Lead, R10CC)
• WI Statewide Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Education (SNAP-Ed) Evaluation (PI)
• UW-Madison’s Health Equity Scholars Program (PI)

SELECT PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS

Publications

Eversole, O., & Bartley, C. (2023). Community Schools in Wisconsin Guidebook: A Resource for Starting and Improving Community Schools. Region 10 Comprehensive Center. https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED627803 

Eversole, O., Hudson, E., Katz, K., Maresh, A., & Turtenwald, A. (2019). WI Office of Children's Mental Health Annual Report to the Legislature. Madison, WI. https://children.wi.gov/Documents/2018%20OCMH%20Annual%20Report.pdf

Eversole, O. (2018). Toward a Better Understanding of Evaluation Use and Collaborative Approaches: A Case Study of a School Improvement Program Evaluation, In Cousins, J. B. (Ed.) Collaborative approaches to evaluation (CAE) principles in practice (part of a series entitled ‘Evaluation in Practice,’ edited by Alkin, M. & Christie, C.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.

Presentations

Eversole, O., Bartley, C., et al. (2023). Expanding the Impact of the Community Schools Model: Tools and Resources from Two Statewide Coalitions. Madison, WI.

Eversole, O. (author), Garza, C., Racine, J., & Motoviloff, K. (2023). Policy, Sustainability, and Improvement: Coming Together to Create a Community Schools Guidebook. Presented at the Institute for Educational Leadership’s National Community Schools and Family Engagement Conference. Philadelphia, PA.

Shoji, M., Good, A., & Eversole, O. (discussant) (2020, September). Right-Sizing Research to Make an Impact: A Pipeline Approach to Evidence-Building to Inform Solutions for Secondary Writing, Teaching and Learning. Virtual presentation as part of the Wisconsin Center for Education Research (WCER) presentation series. Madison, WI.

Borman, T., Eversole, O., Frederick, C., & Taylor, K. (speaker and panelist) (2019, September). Non-Academic Careers in Educational Research. Presentation for the Interdisciplinary Training Seminar (ITP) in Education Sciences Series, Wisconsin Center for Education Research (WCER). Madison, WI.

Eversole, O. & Maresh, A. (2019, June). Youth Suicide in Wisconsin. Presentation for the (WI) Speaker’s Task Fore on Suicide Prevention Public Hearing. Ripon, WI.

Eversole, O. (2018, November). Collaborative Approaches to Evaluation (CAE) Principles in Practice. Presentation at the annual conference of the American Evaluation Association (AEA). Cleveland, OH.

Eversole, O. & Petit-Bois, M. (2016, October). A Seat at the Table: Exploring the Evolving Role of Evaluation in Organizational Decision-Making. Presented at the annual conference of the American Evaluation Association (AEA). Atlanta, GA.

Wang, Y. & Eversole, O. (2016, April). Self-Perceptions of RtI Skills Survey: Comparing Item Reduction and Parceling Models for Instrument Validation. Paper presented at the annual conference of the American Educational Research Association (AERA). Washington, DC.

Eversole, O. (2014, October). Increasing the Impact: Engaging Stakeholders through a Collaborative Evaluation of a Teacher Preparation Program. Paper presented at the annual conference of the American Evaluation Association (AEA). Denver, CO.