How to be Involved in Program Evaluation

This book will improve the direction and utility of the evaluation by the program director in charge, and the implementation of the evaluation by the evaluator.

The purpose of this book is to improve the direction and utility of the evaluation by program directors in charge, and the implementation of the evaluation by the evaluator. The authors contend that both of these goals can best be met by understanding each individual role.

How to be Involved in Program Evaluation:
·Provides a framework for understanding evaluation and the value of working within an evaluation model
·Provides an overview of the General Evaluation Model (GEM)
·Reviews the components of GEM from the viewpoint of the Evaluator and the Program Director—to emphasize the joint effort of the two persons
·Presents aspects of evaluation as a profession, including standards developed by professional organizations, desired traits of the Evaluator, and advantages and disadvantages of the Evaluator coming from outside the organization as compared to inside the organization
·Discusses the need for data collection instruments, and presents various examples, along with the advantages and disadvantages of the various evaluation instruments
·Discusses the crucial role of reporting evaluation results
·Discusses how the General Evaluation Model can be used to evaluate an entire school

This book will be a valuable reference to program directors and evaluators.

Part 1 Preface
Chapter 2 1 What Is Evaluation?
Chapter 3 2 Overview of GEM
Chapter 4 3 Needs Assessment
Chapter 5 4 Baseline
Chapter 6 5 Procedures to Achieve Objectives
Chapter 7 6 Program Implementation Assessment
Chapter 8 7 Post Assessment
Chapter 9 8 Review of GEM From the Viewpoint of the Evaluator and the Program Director
Chapter 10 9 Evaluation as a Profession
Chapter 11 10 Evaluation Instruments
Chapter 12 11 Reporting
Chapter 13 12 Application of GEM to Evaluating Schools
Part 14 Appendixes
Part 15 A Acronyms
Part 16 B Personal Evaluation History of the Authors
Part 17 C Summary of the Program Evaluation Standards
Part 18 D Evaluation Forms and Instruments
Part 19 E Evaluation Plans
Part 20 F Evaluation Reports
Part 21 G Evaluation Resources
Part 22 H Evaluation Contracts Obtained Over a 12-Year Period, Identified by Number of Years, How Obtained, Funding Agency, and Brief Name
Part 23 Glossary
Part 24 References
Part 25 Index
Part 26 About the Authors