Evaluating social programs at the state and local level : the JTPA evaluation design project

✍ Scribed by Ann B Blalock

• Publisher: W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research
• Year: 1990
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 412
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This book on evaluating social programs is an outcome of the Job Training Partnership Act (jtpa) Evaluation Design Project, which produced a set of 10 guides for the evaluation of state and local jtpa programs. This book distills ideas from these guides and applies them to a larger context. Part 1 presents a general approach to program evaluation and includes the following chapter: "Evaluating Programs" (Blalock). Part 2 presents complementary approaches to evaluating programs and includes the following chapters: "Evaluating Net Program Impact" (Johnson, Stromsdorfer); "Evaluating Gross Program Outcomes" (Simpson); and "Evaluating Program Implementation" (Grembowski, Blalock). Part 3 presents organizational and political issues in evaluating programs and includes the following chapters: "User-Centered Program Evaluation" (Feldman) and "Strategies for Supporting Comprehensive Evaluations" (Blalock). Each chapter includes a reference list. Appendix a provides an overview of the jtpa, the case example used throughout the book. Appendix b addresses the capacity of program management information systems (MISs) to support program evaluation. Appendix c lists the series of evaluation guides produced by the jtpa Evaluation Design Project. Appendix d provides background information about the book's authors. (Cml).

✦ Subjects

Evaluation research (Social action programs) -- United States;POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Services & Welfare;SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Human Services;Evaluation research (Social action programs);United States