She argues that to reclaim school desegregation's original intent of ensuring that Black children are shielded from racial discrimination and have access to well-resourced public schools, the research on school desegregation needs to be ...
This edition's up-to-date coverage includes a greater number of references to current literature, emphasizing that consulting the literature is an important step in recognizing, developing, and evaluating evidence-based practice or research ...
The authors clear writing style and clear presentation of concepts, as well as the text's hands-on and applied focus, will guide students on how to gather evidence and demonstrate that their interventions and programs are effective in ...
No claims can be made that the purposeful same represents the larger population. What Are Snowball Samples? Snowball samples can be thought of as purposeful samples in which the evaluator is able to identify a few informants, ...
Webb, E.]., Campbell, D.T., Schwartz, RD. 86 Sechrest, LB. (1996). Unobtrusive Measures: Non-reactive Research in the Social Sciences. Chicago, Ill.: Rand McNally. From Evaluation Findings to Utilisation INTRODUCTION Notions related to ...
Nothing comes close to this text in terms of coverage, balance of theory and practicality, and usefulness in the field of evaluation." - Gary J. Skolits, University of Tennessee "This is a great textbook.
This book is written to help human service program administrators either in terpret or conduct program evaluations.
This is the eBook of the printed book and may not include any media, website access codes, or print supplements that may come packaged with the bound book.
Helping both students as well as professionals who are new to the field, this text provides practical guidelines for conducting evaluations, from identifying the questions that the evaluation should address, to determining how to collect ...
Program Evaluation
This text provides a solid foundation in program evaluation, covering the main components of evaluating agencies and their programs, how best to address those components, and the procedures to follow when conducting evaluations.
Well-known in the field, Royse and Thyer present and simplify all the essentials needed for a critical appreciation of evaluation issues and methodology. From this text, students will learn how...
If evaluation findings indicate change is needed, you are going to have to talk about it sooner or later, and having it in the report is a good way to start the conversation. Effective communication and reporting of evaluation results ...
Information systems in child, youth, and family agencies: Planning, implementation, and service enhancement. New York: The Haworth Press. This book is now dated in terms of software, but the issues discussed are common to agencies ...
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.
Program Evaluation: An Introduction
The authors' clear writing style and clear presentation of concepts, as well as the text's hands-on and applied focus, will guide students on how to gather evidence and demonstrate that their interventions and programs are effective in ...
Evaluation should strike for an optimal balance in meeting standards of: (a) utility (to be useful and practical); ... S.M., Hess, R.D., Hornik, R.C., Phillips, D.C., Walker, D.E., and Weiner, S.S. Toward Reform of Program Evaluation.
Toward Reform of Program Evaluation . San Francisco : Jossey - Bass , 1981 . Levitan , Sar A. , and Gregory Wurzburg . Evaluating Federal Social Programs . Philadelphia : W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research , Sept. 1979 .
In Handbook of practical program evaluation, ed. J. S. Wholey, H. P. Hatry, and K. E. Newcomer. San Francisco, CA: Jossey Bass. HENRY, G. T., ED. 1997. Creating effective graphs: Solutions for a variety of evaluation data.