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| Person, group, or organization that requests or requires the evaluation and provides resources to conduct it |
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| The use of social research methods to systematically investigate the effectiveness of a social intervention program in ways adapted to their environment designed to inform social action to improve social conditions |
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| An organized planned and usually ongoing effort designed to ameliorate a social problem or improve social conditions |
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| Procedures for studying social behavior based on systematic observation and logical rules for drawing inferences |
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| Utilization of Evaluation |
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| The use of concepts and findings of an evaluation by decision makers and other stakeholders |
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| an evaluative study that answers questions bout program operations and service delievery |
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| Assessment of program theory |
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| An evaluative study that answers questions about the conceptualization and design of a program |
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| Analytically procedure for determining the economic efficiency of a program |
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| Cost-effectiveness analysis |
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| Analytic procedure for determining the efficacy of a program in achieving its goals |
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| Evaluative study that answers questions about program costs in comparison to either the monetary value of its benefits or its effectiveness |
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| A participatory or collaborative evaluation in which the evaluator's role includes consultation and facilitation directed toward the development of the capabilities of the participating stakeholders to conduct evaluation on their own |
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| Evaluative activities undertaken to furnish information that will guide program improvement |
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| An evaluative study that answers questions about program outcomes and impact on the social conditions it is intended to address |
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| an eval in which the evaluator has the primary responsibility for developing the evaluation plan, conducting the eval, and distributing results |
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| An evaluative study that answers questions about the social conditions a program is intended to address and the need for the program |
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| An evaluation organized as a team project in which the evaluator and representatives of one or more stakeholder groups work collaboratively in developing the evaluation plan, conducting the evaluation, and disseminating and using the results |
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| A form of program monitoring designed to determine whether the program is delivered as intended to the target recipients |
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| The set of assumptions about the manner in which a program relates to the social benefits it is expected to produce |
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| Evaluative activities undertaken to render a summary judgement on certain critical aspects of the program's performance |
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| Who the intervention is intended for |
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| The program does not adequately perform the activities specified in the program design |
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| The standard against which a dimension of program performance is compared so that it can evaluated |
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| A statement usually general and abstract of a desired state toward which a program is directed |
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| The program is implemented as designed but its service do not produce the intended benefits |
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| Small panel of persons selected for their knowledge or perspective on a topic of interest that is convened to discuss the topic |
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| The number of new cases of a particular problem or condition that arise in a specified area |
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| Persons whose personal or professional position gives them a knowledgeable perspective on the nature and scope of a social problem whose views are obtained during a needs assessment |
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| A non-probability sampling method in which each person interviewed is asked to suggest additional people for interview |
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| Articulated program theory |
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| explicitly stated version of program theory |
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| Evaluation of program outcomes without the benefit of an articulated program theory |
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| A causal theory describing cause and effect sequences in which certain program activities bring about desired social benefits |
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| Assumptions and expectations are not fully articulated or recorded |
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| The combination of the program's organizational plan and its service utilization plan into an overall description of the assumptions and expectations about how the program i supposed to operate |
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| the extent to which the structural and organizational arrangements facilitate participation in the program |
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| the extent to which subgroups of a target popluation are reached unequally by a program |
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| the extent which a program reaches its intended target population |
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| the continual measurement and reporting of indicators of the status of social conditions a program is accountable for improving |
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| Good Evaluation Questions are: |
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1) Reasonable and appropriate
2) Answerable
3) Measurable |
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| Evaluation Questions Focus on : |
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| Implementation, Effectiveness, Efficiency |
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Formative: needs assessment, program theory assessment, process eval
Summative: Impact eval efficiency eval |
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| Needs assessment, program theory/logic, process assessment, impact assessment, efficiency assessment |
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| Evaluation perspectives (types) |
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| independent, participatory, empowerment |
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| Standards for a good Evaluation |
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| Utility, Feasibility, Accuracy,Propriety |
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| Attribute, Descriptive, Pattern |
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| Using multiple methods ie. qualitative, quantitative to evaluate a program |
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| Developmental eval questions |
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| FACC Fidelity, Accountability, Compliance, Coverage |
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FCC Fidelity Coverage Compliance
Coverage, Dosage, Bias |
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