Practical Evaluation Guide

Practical Evaluation Guide
Author: Judy Diamond
Publisher: Rowman Altamira
Total Pages: 161
Release: 2009-09-16
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0759113041

Practical Evaluation Guide provides the necessary tools to evaluate the effectiveness of programs and exhibits in informal educational settings_museums, science centers, zoos, aquariums, botanical gardens, and parks.

Principles-Focused Evaluation

Principles-Focused Evaluation
Author: Michael Quinn Patton
Publisher: Guilford Publications
Total Pages: 462
Release: 2017-09-28
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1462531903

How can programs and organizations ensure they are adhering to core principles--and assess whether doing so is yielding desired results? From evaluation pioneer Michael Quinn Patton, this book introduces the principles-focused evaluation (P-FE) approach and demonstrates its relevance and application in a range of settings. Patton explains why principles matter for program development and evaluation and how they can serve as a rudder to navigate the uncertainties, turbulence, and emergent challenges of complex dynamic environments. In-depth exemplars illustrate how the unique GUIDE framework is used to determine whether principles provide meaningful guidance (G) and are useful (U), inspiring (I), developmentally adaptable (D), and evaluable (E). User-friendly features include rubrics, a P-FE checklist, firsthand reflections and examples from experienced P-FE practitioners, sidebars and summary tables, and end-of-chapter application exercises. ÿ

A Practical Guide to Program Evaluation Planning

A Practical Guide to Program Evaluation Planning
Author: Marc A. Zimmerman
Publisher: SAGE
Total Pages: 185
Release: 2009
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1412967759

This book guides evaluators in planning a comprehensive, yet practical, program evaluation—from start to design—within any context, in an accessible manner.

Federal Evaluations

Federal Evaluations
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 1032
Release:
Genre: Evaluation research (Social action programs)
ISBN:

Contains an inventory of evaluation reports produced by and for selected Federal agencies, including GAO evaluation reports that relate to the programs of those agencies.

Federal Program Evaluations

Federal Program Evaluations
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 1032
Release: 1973
Genre: Evaluation research (Social action programs)
ISBN:

Contains an inventory of evaluation reports produced by and for selected Federal agencies, including GAO evaluation reports that relate to the programs of those agencies.

A Guide to Assessing Needs

A Guide to Assessing Needs
Author: Ryan Watkins
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Total Pages: 321
Release: 2012-01-06
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0821389017

Making informed decisions is the essential beginning to any successful development project. Before the project even begins, you can use needs assessment approaches to guide your decisions. This book is filled with practical strategies that can help you define the desired results and select the most appropriate activities for achieving them.

Evaluation matters

Evaluation matters
Author: Katrin Dziekan
Publisher: Waxmann Verlag
Total Pages: 177
Release: 2013
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 3830978812

Based on the authors' rich experiences, this book demonstrates that evaluation of measures aimed at more sustainable mobility is a useful task which can be learned by everybody. By integrating theory and practice it offers richly-illustrated case examples and cartoons to provide hands on advice. It offers a framework for thinking about evaluation of mobility-related measures and outlines the necessary steps for good evaluation practice. Key Features •Richly illustrated by comics and on real measure examples. •A step-by-step hands on guide for practitioners.

School Evaluation with a Purpose

School Evaluation with a Purpose
Author: Eli Ottesen
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 129
Release: 2018-10-25
Genre: Education
ISBN: 135123756X

School evaluation is often linked to issues of accountability, performance assessment, regulation and inspection, where the work of teachers and/or the functioning of the school becomes the subject of critique. School Evaluation with a Purpose explores the latest thinking surrounding external and self-evaluation in schools. Examining teacher professionalism, reflective practice and what really matters in education, it considers the key challenges around current evaluative practice and puts forward alternative methods of evaluation, placing reflective practice and teacher professionalism at its heart. Exploring the stories of evaluation and the practice of resilient schools and school leaders in five European contexts, the book aims to support and promote the agency of teachers, school leaders and students. This book will be of particular interest to school leaders internationally, researchers, master's students of Education and Education Leadership, and policymakers responsible for law enforcement in the field of school inspection.