This book guides evaluators in planning a comprehensive, yet practical, program evaluation—from start to design—within any context, in an accessible manner.
Whether you want to improve an existing program, identify new program directions, or prove that you have met your stated goals, this book can help you do that.
This new edition brings these up-to-date and discusses the implications of adopting a human rights approach to development and the increased emphasis on partnership.
Horner, Lewis-Palmer, & Rossetto Dickey, 2011), PBIS Self-Assessment Survey (Sugai, Horner, & Todd, 2003), Schoolwide Evaluation Tool (Horner et al., 2004; Todd et al., 2012; Vincent, Spauling, & Tobin, 2010), Benchmarks for Advanced ...
It can confirm that an organization is truly making a difference. This book is for: organization managers and decision makers, policymakers, funders, researchers, and students studying applied social service research.
Program Evaluation Planning: From Start to Design
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Concentrates on the steps vital to program evaluation, including systematically identifying stakeholder needs, selecting evaluation options best suited to particular needs, and turning decisions into action.
Boruch untangles the complexities of randomized field experiments, exploring the criteria for deciding whether a programme has worked or not, standards used to judge the ethcial propriety of the experiments and baseline measures.
The Second Edition of Health Program Planning and Evaluation will help you to systematically develop, thoughtfully implement, and rigorously evaluate health programs across a variety of health disciplines.
This engaging text takes an evenhanded approach to major theoretical paradigms in evaluation and builds a bridge from them to evaluation practice.