Evaluability Assessment: A Practical Approach

✍ Scribed by M. F. Smith (auth.)

• Publisher: Springer Netherlands
• Year: 1989
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 230
• Series: Evaluation in Education and Human Services 26
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

My interest in and appreciation for program evaluation began in the early 1970's when conducting a curriculum development research project at the University of Florida's P. K. Y onge Laboratory School. This interest was sparked when it became apparent that testing the success of an education program required more skills than just statistics and research methods. After pursuing additional formal schooling, I embarked on a career featuring educational program evaluation as its central thrust--as a private consultant, later in a university health sciences center involving seven academic colleges, and then in the Cooperative Extension Services of Florida and Maryland. Adding evaluability assessment (EA) to the performance of evaluations, to program development, and to teaching about evaluation has been a significant development for me personally, and I hope to those who have been participants with me in each endeavor. This book grew out of many of these experiences and involved numerous colleagues who made significant contributions. First among these is Dr. George Mayeske, Program Evaluation Specialist, Extension Service, U. S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D. c.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xvii
Introduction....Pages 1-10
Evaluability Assessment: Overview of Process....Pages 11-30
Determine Purpose, Secure Commitment, and Identify Work Group Members....Pages 31-37
Define Boundaries of Program to be Studied....Pages 39-43
Identify and Analyze Program Documents....Pages 45-48
Develop/Clarify Program Theory....Pages 49-79
Identify and Interview Stakeholders....Pages 81-97
Describe Stakeholder Perceptions of Program....Pages 99-108
Identify Stakeholder Needs, Concerns, and Differences in Perceptions....Pages 109-114
Determine Plausibility of Program Model....Pages 115-124
Draw Conclusions and Make Recommendations....Pages 125-134
Plan Specific Steps for Utilization of EA Data....Pages 135-142
Observations about the Process....Pages 143-152
Back Matter....Pages 153-220

✦ Subjects

Assessment, Testing and Evaluation; Education (general)