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Book Synopsis Legislative Program Evaluation: Utilization-Driven Research for Decision Makers by : Richard Kirk Jonas
Download or read book Legislative Program Evaluation: Utilization-Driven Research for Decision Makers written by Richard Kirk Jonas and published by Jossey-Bass. This book was released on 1999-04-13 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Legislative program evaluation (LPE) allows legislatures to ensure that the programs they establish or fund are operating efficiently, effectively, and economically. Unlike evaluations that have knowledge development as their primary purposes, LPE is utilization-driven because its customer-the legislature-demands useful, timely knowledge "in plain English." LPE's focus on utilization creates some unique conditions, methods, processes, and products that add overall value to the field of program evaluation.
Book Synopsis Utilization-Focused Evaluation by : Michael Quinn Patton
Download or read book Utilization-Focused Evaluation written by Michael Quinn Patton and published by SAGE Publications. This book was released on 2008-06-18 with total page 689 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Fourth Edition of the bestselling Utilization-Focused Evaluation provides expert, detailed advice on conducting program evaluations from one of leading experts. Chock full of useful pedagogy—including a unique utilization-focused evaluation checklist—this book presents Michael Quinn Patton′s distinctive opinions based on more than thirty years of experience. Key Features of the Fourth Edition Provides thoroughly updated materials including more international content; new references; new exhibits and sidebars; and new examples, stories, and cartoons Includes follow-up exercises at the end of each chapter Features a utilization-focused evaluation checklist Gives greater emphasis on mixed methods Analyzes the pluses and minuses of the increased emphasis on accountability and performance measurement in government at all levels Details the explosion of international evaluation Intended Audience Both theoretical and practical, this core text is an essential resource for students enrolled in Program Evaluation courses in a variety of disciplines—including public administration, government, social sciences, education, and management. Practitioners will also find this text invaluable.
Book Synopsis Promoting the Use of Government Evaluations in Policymaking by : Rakesh Mohan
Download or read book Promoting the Use of Government Evaluations in Policymaking written by Rakesh Mohan and published by Jossey-Bass. This book was released on 2007-03-05 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Public policymaking is a high-stakes business that affects millions of citizens and budgets ranging in the billions of tax dollars in even the smallest of states. Policymakers need timely evaluative information reported in understandable language by unbiased sources. It is this need that evaluators at all levels of government, as well as those in many nonprofit organizations, seek to meet as they conduct evaluations, analyze policy options, and recommend action on the part of policymakers. The authors contributing to this volume examine theoretical and practical approaches to designing evaluation projects in ways that promote the use of evaluation results in high-stakes settings. The volume explores management of the politics of evaluation, which can be accomplished by considering the context in which an evaluation occurs and examining strategies for maximizing both evaluators' independence from and their responsiveness to key stakeholders. Unconventional approaches, such as prospective evaluation and development of analytical tools for use by agency personnel, are examined, as is promotion of evaluation use through a symbiotic relationship with performance measurement. The chapter authors discuss utilization strategies as applied to evaluations of public health, education, and corrections programs. The final chapter provides sage advice to evaluators on how to impact policy development.
Book Synopsis Qualitative Inquiry in Evaluation by : Leslie Goodyear
Download or read book Qualitative Inquiry in Evaluation written by Leslie Goodyear and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2014-10-06 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Integrate qualitative inquiry approaches and methods into the practice of evaluation Qualitative inquiry can have a major effect on evaluation practice, and provides evaluators a means to explore and examine various settings and contexts in need of rich description and deeper understanding. Qualitative Inquiry in Evaluation: From Theory to Practice explores the most important considerations for both students and evaluation professionals. Using various evaluation theories and approaches as a springboard for real-world practice, this reference serves as an accessible text for beginning students and seasoned professionals alike. Readers are given an in-depth view of the key qualities and benefits of qualitative inquiry, which also serves as a crucial counterpart to quantitative analysis. Chapters in part one focus on the foundations, core concepts, and intersection of evaluation theory and qualitative inquiry. Part two contains contributions from leading evaluators whose design, implementation, and reporting strategies for qualitative inquiry are centered on common, real-world settings. These case-based chapters point to the strengths and challenges of implementing qualitative evaluations. Key competencies for conducting effective qualitative evaluations are also discussed. Explores the role of qualitative inquiry in many prominent approaches to evaluation Discusses the method's history and delves into key concepts in qualitative inquiry and evaluation Helps readers understand which qualities are necessary to be an effective qualitative evaluator Presents the viewpoints and experiences of expert editors and contributing authors with high levels of understanding on the topic Qualitative Inquiry in Evaluation: From Theory to Practice is a vital tool for evaluators and students alike who are looking to deepen their understanding of the theoretical perspectives and practice considerations of qualitative evaluation.
Book Synopsis Responding to Sponsors and Stakeholders in Complex Evaluation Environments by : Rakesh Mohan
Download or read book Responding to Sponsors and Stakeholders in Complex Evaluation Environments written by Rakesh Mohan and published by Jossey-Bass. This book was released on 2002-10-10 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Solving complex evaluation environments with competing stakeholder needs Responding to Sponsors and Stakeholders in Complex Evaluation Environments: New Directions for Evaluation, Number 95 provides in-depth guidance on answering the question: "For whom are we doing this evaluation, anyway?". The answer may be more complex that it appears, and right and wrong answers may actually overlap. This book identifies the challenges of complex evaluation environments, and shows you how to meet the multiple — often competing — needs of everyone involved. From difficulties in context and authorization to initiatives and legislation, this book provides insight every evaluation organization needs.
Book Synopsis Co-Constructing a Contextually Responsive Evaluation Framework: The Talent Development Model of Reform by : Veronica G. Thomas
Download or read book Co-Constructing a Contextually Responsive Evaluation Framework: The Talent Development Model of Reform written by Veronica G. Thomas and published by Jossey-Bass. This book was released on 2004-05-05 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume presents the Talent Development evaluation framework, an approach for evaluating urban school reform interventions deeply embedded in the work of the Howard University Center for Research on the Education of Students Placed At Risk (CRESPAR) and the Talent Development Model of School Reform. The CRESPAR Talent Development (TD) evaluation approach is rooted in several traditions of evaluation that intentionally seek engagement with contexts of practice. These traditions include responsive, participatory, empowerment, and culturally competent approaches to evaluation. The CRESPAR TD evaluation approach also takes up themes of inclusiveness and partnership advanced by the recent promotion of multiple methods in evaluation. With these themes, the TD evaluation approach is viably grounded in well-accepted evaluation concepts and principles. The approach further seeks to be practical, useful, formative, and empowering for the many individuals served by TD evaluations and to give “voice” to persons whose perspectives are often ignored, minimized, or rejected in urban school settings. Beyond such grounding and ambitions, the CRESPAR TD evaluation framework seeks to re-position evaluation in low-income urban contexts as accountable, not only for producing accurate and relevant information on the program being evaluated, but also for enabling and contributing to the program’s social betterment and social justice intentions. This re-positioning is effected primarily by a collaborative, co-constructionist model for evaluation in which CRESPAR program developers, implementers, and evaluators – along with key program stakeholders – partner together in envisioning, implementing, and evaluating programs that are responsive to and make cultural sense in the context at hand. CRESPAR TD evaluators are contextually and culturally engaged and are responsible for this engagement. This volume highlights the approach’s five major themes: engaging stakeholders, co-construction, responsiveness, cultural and contextual relevance, and triangulation of perspectives.
Book Synopsis Program Theory in Evaluation Challenges and Opportunities by : Patricia J. Rogers
Download or read book Program Theory in Evaluation Challenges and Opportunities written by Patricia J. Rogers and published by Jossey-Bass. This book was released on 2000-10-30 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This issue explores the current state of program theory as it has developed over the last ten years and examines the role program theory can play in a range of new areas that have recently arisen in evaluation. The contributors draw on a review of the literature to discuss the history of program evaluation, its diversity in application, and its strength and limitations in practice, including the special challenges related to causal inference. They describe opportunities for program theory to help evaluators in areas such as measuring performance, replicating successful programs, helping program staff understand the support evaluation, and conducting meta-analysis. They outline a future agenda for program theory evaluation, explain why it is essential that there be an increase in real-world tests and applications, and more. This is the 87th issue of the quarterly journal New Directions for Evaluation.
Book Synopsis The Practice-Theory Relationship in Evaluation by : Christina A. Christie
Download or read book The Practice-Theory Relationship in Evaluation written by Christina A. Christie and published by Jossey-Bass. This book was released on 2003-05-13 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Exploring research's impact on evaluation practice The Practice-Theory Relationship in Evaluation: New Directions for Evaluation presents the finding of a unique empirical study of evaluation, comparing the reported practices of evaluation theorists with real-world practices in the field. A selection of leading authorities offer both analyses and perspectives on the study's impact on the field, prompting deep consideration of the role of empirical study of evaluation and the relationship between concept and practice. Empirical study of evaluation is key to improving practices and developing alternate approaches, and this book stimulates the level of debate necessary for determining future directions.
Book Synopsis Pitfalls and Pratfalls: Null and Negative Findings in Evaluating Interventions by : Robert Nash Parker
Download or read book Pitfalls and Pratfalls: Null and Negative Findings in Evaluating Interventions written by Robert Nash Parker and published by Jossey-Bass. This book was released on 2006-09-11 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume examines the problem of null or negative evaluation findings, a topic rarely discussed in the literature but all too commonplace in the experience of evaluators. The Southern California Center of Excellence on Youth Violence Prevention, housed in the Robert Presley Center for Crime and Justice Studies at the University of California, Riverside, has taken up the challenge to discuss candidly evaluation efforts that can be described only as challenging. The individual chapters discuss a range of design, implementation, and analysis issues relevant not only to evaluation studies but also to interventions that can contribute to negative or null findings in the evaluation of an intervention program. These problems that are the realities of life for anyone who conducts prevention and intervention research are typically the stuff of research seminar comments and barroom digressions late in the evening at professional meetings. This issue brings those important lessons into the larger discussion that will influence prevention science and public policy. The contributors to this volume not only admit a set of problems and shortcomings but also attempt to draw general lessons, cautions, and advice for those who evaluate prevention and intervention efforts. This is the 110th volume of New Directions for Evaluation, a quarterly journal published by Jossey-Bass.
Book Synopsis Integrating Gender in the Social Work Core Curriculum by :
Download or read book Integrating Gender in the Social Work Core Curriculum written by and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Information Technologies in Evaluation: Social, Moral, Epistemological, and Practical Implications by : Geri Gay
Download or read book Information Technologies in Evaluation: Social, Moral, Epistemological, and Practical Implications written by Geri Gay and published by Jossey-Bass. This book was released on 1999 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The collection, management, and analysis of data are all increasingly mediated through electronic management, offering evaluators new ways of knowing, along with new responsibilities and challenges. This issue of New Directions for Evaluation provides an introduction to various data collection technologies and tools, identifying both their benefits and their shortcomings. Chapters address the practical challenges of conducting e-mail questionnaires, web-based surveys, and web-based focus groups; explore the use of technology to evaluate technology, discussing methods for observing users and gathering feedback; and show how multimedia applications can foster mixed-method research designs. This is 84th issue of the quarterly journal New Directions for Evaluation.
Book Synopsis In Search of Cultural Competence in Evaluation Toward Principles and Practices by : Rodney Hopson
Download or read book In Search of Cultural Competence in Evaluation Toward Principles and Practices written by Rodney Hopson and published by Jossey-Bass. This book was released on 2004-08-03 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume focuses on culturally competent evaluation. The chapters address a number of questions: How does culture matter in evaluation theory and practice? How does attention to cultural issues make for better evaluation practice? How does attention to cultural issues make for better evaluation practice? What is the "value-addedness" of cultural competence in evaluation? How do the complexities, challenges, and politics of diversity issue affect evaluation? The first chapter is an overview of culture, cultural competence, and culturally competent evaluation; the other chapters provide case studies on the implementation of culturally competent evaluation in a variety of settings and with several populations. The volume contributors also present lessons learned from their experiences and recommendations for implementing cultural competent evaluations in general. This volume is part of an important discussion of race, culture, and diversity in evaluation striving to shape and advance culturally competent evaluation, and, in tandem, evaluation of culturally competent services. This is the 102nd issue of the quarterly journal New Directions for Evaluation.
Book Synopsis Evaluating Health and Human Service Programs in Community Settings by : Joseph Telfair
Download or read book Evaluating Health and Human Service Programs in Community Settings written by Joseph Telfair and published by Jossey-Bass. This book was released on 1999-11-17 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The key difference between community-based evaluation and other types of evaluation lies in understanding and accommodating the unique situations of communities, their leadership, their social and political climates, and their perception of needs. This volume of New Directions for Evaluation examines how to improve approaches to evaluation in community organizations, emphasizing the need to assess the fit between evaluators? skills and styles, and the cultural reality of communities. The author--experienced evaluators and community-based program leaders--describe choices about evaluation practice that are available to the evaluator, the program, and the community. They also present an effective evaluation prescreening tool, which has been successfully used to match evaluation plans with particular community program evaluation needs, resources, and commitments. This is the 83rd issue of the quarterly journal New Directions for Evaluation.
Book Synopsis International Perspectives on Evaluation Standards by : Craig Russon
Download or read book International Perspectives on Evaluation Standards written by Craig Russon and published by Jossey-Bass. This book was released on 2005-02-11 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Prior to 1995, there were fewer than half a dozen regional and national evaluation organizations around the world. Today there are more than fifty, attesting to a growing interest in the practice of program evaluation internationally. Many of these new organizations have undertaken efforts to develop their own standards or to modify existing sets--most typically, the Program Evaluation Standards of the Joint Committee on Standards for Educational Evaluation--for use in their own cultural context. Following two introductory chapters, one a conceptual overview and the second a history of the development and revisions of the Program Evaluation Standards, this issue documents standards development efforts in three different settings: Western Europe, Africa, and Australasia. In addition, because nongovernmental organizations and governments have entered the standard-setting business, other chapters describe standards development activities by the European Commission and CARE International. The content points to the challenge of formalizing standards for program evaluation given cross-cultural differences in values and to the continuing challenges related to implementing voluntary standards. This is the 104th issue of the quarterly journal New Directions for Evaluation.
Book Synopsis Critical Issues in STEM Evaluation by : Douglas Huffman
Download or read book Critical Issues in STEM Evaluation written by Douglas Huffman and published by Jossey-Bass. This book was released on 2006-03-31 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume of New Directions for Evaluation focuses on evaluation of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) programs, with special emphasis on evaluation of STEM education initiatives. STEM evaluation has always been important, given the issues facing public schools and the economic and social considerations of STEM fields. But because these fields today face a variety of concerns, this discussion of STEM evaluation is particularly timely. Evaluation advances may contribute to STEM fields by helping programs address the challenges they face. This volume presents multiple viewpoints and state-of-the-art examples and methodological approaches in the hope that its chapters will contribute to the understanding of STEM evaluation, STEM education, STEM education evaluation, and evaluation in general. Overall, this volume of New Directions for Evaluation may help not only to move the field to consider new methods and methodologies for engaging in evaluation but also to reconsider ideas of what it means to engage in scientific evaluation.
Book Synopsis Evaluation as a Democratic Process: Promoting Inclusion, Dialogue, and Deliberation by : Katherine E. Ryan
Download or read book Evaluation as a Democratic Process: Promoting Inclusion, Dialogue, and Deliberation written by Katherine E. Ryan and published by Jossey-Bass. This book was released on 2000-04-26 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Inclusive approaches to evaluation emphasizing participation andcollaboration can enhance the efficiency of data collection,improvelearning, and strengthen commitment to act on results andalso reflect the highest aspirations and ideals of a democraticsociety. The contributors to this volume use case studies todiscover the lessons learned so far from successful andunsuccessful attempts to democratize evaluation. They offer tenquestions to guide evaluation planning from a deliberative,democratic viewpoint, and look at a failed attempt at inclusiveevaluation to analyze how deliberative intentions can be distorted.Focusing on participation, they discuss how best to use differenttypes of dialogue to make evaluation more participatory, examine anevaluation program in a psychiatric institution to explore thechallenge of employing participatory, democratic approaches in ananti-democratic environment, and more. This is the 85th issue of the quarterly journal New Directions forEvaluation.
Book Synopsis Independent Evaluation Consulting by : Dawn Hanson Smart
Download or read book Independent Evaluation Consulting written by Dawn Hanson Smart and published by Jossey-Bass. This book was released on 2006 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume was inspired by stimulation and insights gained over the years from conversations among independent consultants at the annual conferences of the American Evaluation Association (AEA)-- conversations not just about evaluation projects -- and should serve as a springboard to ongoing discussion among evaluators.
