Assessing and Improving Planning, Implementation, and Effectiveness
Buch, Englisch, 304 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm
ISBN: 978-0-7619-0233-1
Verlag: SAGE Publications
Key Features:
· Adds perspective to program evaluation theory, furnishing students with the tools needed to conceptualize problems and strategies to tackle them
· Provides a practical evaluation taxonomy as a road map for evaluators to facilitate better communication with stakeholders
· Covers evaluation as full program cycle, including planning, initial implementation, mature implementation, and outcomes
· Illustrates qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods research approaches and their impact on program evaluation
· Highlights both the art and science of program evaluation.
Practical Program Evaluation is ideally suited as a text for evaluation courses across the social sciences, including departments of education, sociology, political science, health, and many others. Professional evaluators interested in expanding the scope of their work or strengthening their practical skills will also find this invaluable.
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Preface
Overview of the Book
Part I: Introduction
1. Fundamentals for Practicing Program Evaluation
2. A Conceptual Framework of Program Theory for Practitioners
3. A Practical Evaluation Taxonomy: Selecting the Evaluation Approach That Works
Part II: Program Evaluation to Help Stakeholders Plan Intervention Programs
4. Assisting Stakeholders as They Formulate Program Rationales
5. How Evaluators Assist Stakeholders in Developing Program Plans
Part III: Evaluating Implementation
6. Development-Oriented Evaluation Tailored for the Initial Implementation
7. Assessing Implementation in the Mature Implementation Stage
Part IV: Program Monitoring and Outcome Evaluation
8. Monitoring the Progress of a Program
9. Evaluating Outcomes: Efficacy Evaluation and Effectiveness Evaluation
10. Theory-Driven Outcome Evaluation
11. Looking Forward
References
Index
About the Author