Program Evaluation

2015 ◽  
pp. 112-131
Keyword(s):  
Program Evaluation ◽  
Evaluation Process ◽  
Ethical Conduct ◽  
Program Evaluations ◽  
Different Types

In this chapter, students are presented with the fundamentals of program evaluation. Upon reading this chapter, students will understand what program evaluation is, how one goes about completing an evaluation, and the importance of stakeholders in the evaluation process. Also examined are the different types of program evaluations and discussion of ethical conduct for program evaluators.

Gifted Program Evaluation: Catalyst for Change or Keeper of the Culture

2019 ◽  
Vol 42 (4) ◽  
pp. 196-204
Author(s):  
Janice I. Robbins
Keyword(s):  
Program Evaluation ◽  
Gifted Education ◽  
Evaluation Studies ◽  
Gifted Students ◽  
Evaluation Process ◽  
Gifted Program ◽  
Program Evaluations ◽  
Stakeholder Groups ◽  
Educational Role

This article presents a view of barriers to effective gifted program evaluation resulting from ineffective tools for measuring growth in gifted students and the human barriers confounding the evaluation process. The role of advocacy in the design, implementation, and utilization of evaluation studies is examined. Long held beliefs and biases related to gifted education are recognized as influencing program evaluations. The recognition of the strengths and challenges inherent in the educational role of specific stakeholder groups is presented. Suggestions for developing an emerging cadre of advocates for gifted education are detailed.

Pediatric Benign Vocal Fold Lesions: A Team Approach

2009 ◽  
Vol 19 (3) ◽  
pp. 105-112 ◽  
Author(s):  
Geralyn Harvey Woodnorth ◽  
Roger C. Nuss
Keyword(s):  
Vocal Fold ◽  
Evaluation Process ◽  
Team Approach ◽  
Speech Language Pathologist ◽  
Benign Vocal Fold Lesions ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Team Evaluation ◽  
Surgical Treatments ◽  
Review Current ◽  
Vocal Fold Nodules

Abstract Many children with dysphonia present with benign vocal fold lesions, including bilateral vocal fold nodules, cysts, vocal fold varices, and scarring. Evaluation and treatment of these children are best undertaken in a thoughtful and coordinated manner involving both the speech-language pathologist and the otolaryngologist. The goals of this article are (a) to describe the team evaluation process based on a “whole system” approach; (b) to discuss etiological factors and diagnosis; and (c) to review current medical, behavioral, and surgical treatments for children with different types of dysphonia.

A review of program evaluations in an Australian independent school: Participants’ perspectives

2014 ◽  
Vol 58 (3) ◽  
pp. 262-277
Author(s):  
Jeanne Maree Allen ◽  
Julie Rimes
Keyword(s):  
Program Evaluation ◽  
Academic Integrity ◽  
Best Practice ◽  
Independent School ◽  
Evaluation Methods ◽  
Questionnaire Data ◽  
School Program ◽  
Program Evaluations ◽  
Documentary Analysis ◽  
Study Participants

This article reports on ways in which one Australian independent school seeks to develop and sustain best practice and academic integrity in its programs through a system of ongoing program evaluation, involving a systematic, cyclical appraisal of the school’s suite of six faculties. A number of different evaluation methods have been and continue to be used, each developed to best suit the particular program under evaluation. In order to gain an understanding of the effectiveness of this process, we conducted a study into participants’ perceptions of the strengths and weaknesses of the four program evaluations undertaken between 2009 and 2011. Drawing on documentary analysis of the evaluation reports and analysis of questionnaire data from the study participants, a number of findings were generated. These findings are provided and discussed, together with suggestions about ways in which the conceptualisation and conduct of school program evaluations might be enhanced.

scholarly journals Evaluating Youth Programs: An Overview of Practitioner Led Evaluations

2010 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 112-117
Author(s):  
Mat D. Duerden ◽  
Peter A. Witt
Keyword(s):  
Program Evaluation ◽  
Youth Programs ◽  
Positive Development ◽  
Positive Outcomes ◽  
Program Logic ◽  
Evaluation Strategy ◽  
Logic Models ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Key Issues

Youth programs are prime contexts for the intentional facilitation of positive development. However, not all youth programs achieve positive outcomes equally. In order to promote the identification and dissemination of the characteristics and processes of effective youth programs, increased focus needs to be given to program evaluation. This article briefly reviews the main tenets of evaluation science in order to provide practitioners a roadmap for conducting their own evaluations. This includes an overview of different types of evaluations and key issues to consider when constructing an evaluation strategy such as targeting outcomes and developing program logic models.

Practical Significance in Program Evaluation

1978 ◽  
Vol 15 (4) ◽  
pp. 529-539 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew C. Porter ◽  
William H. Schmidt ◽  
Robert E. Floden ◽  
Donald J. Freeman
Keyword(s):  
Program Evaluation ◽  
Measurement Problem ◽  
Practical Significance ◽  
Instructional Programs ◽  
Program Evaluations ◽  
Statistical Indices

Defining practical significance in program evaluations is a difficult measurement problem, which can only be solved by an intimate familarity with the measures upon which effects are estimated, and their substantive relationship with the goals of the program being evaluated. Past attempts to describe the “size of effect” of instructional programs have characteristically relied on statistical indices that can be estimated and reported without any knowledge of what was measured. This practice is shown to be misdirected. Instead, what is called for is a procedure whereby the substantive instructional intentions of the program, the substantive characteristics of a test, and the interrelationship between the two are made explicit.

Lessons in Program Evaluation: The ACTV Batterer Program Study and Its Claims

2018 ◽  
Vol 25 (5) ◽  
pp. NP1-NP10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Edward W. Gondolf ◽  
Larry Bennett ◽  
Eric Mankowski
Keyword(s):  
Domestic Violence ◽  
Program Evaluation ◽  
Acceptance And Commitment Therapy ◽  
Program Effectiveness ◽  
Behavioral Therapy ◽  
Preliminary Evidence ◽  
Methodological Issues ◽  
Program Evaluations ◽  
Acceptance And Commitment ◽  
Critical Consideration

The “Evaluation of the Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) curriculum for domestic violence offenders” illustrates the methodological issues associated with interpreting program evaluations and applying them to policy. Despite the “preliminary” evidence, the authors promote ACTV as more effective in terms of recidivism compared with DU/CBT (cognitive-behavioral therapy) programming. A more critical consideration of the research, however, exposes further limitations that counter the initial speculations and interpretations of the study outcome. Consequently, the effectiveness of ACTV over the DU/CBT option remains in question and raises the need for a broader discourse on program effectiveness.

Appropriate ethics review is required

2016 ◽  
Vol 30 (1) ◽  
pp. 46-48
Author(s):  
Don Flaming
Keyword(s):  
Program Evaluation ◽  
Quality Improvement ◽  
Organizational Ethics ◽  
Health Innovation ◽  
Ethics Review ◽  
Different Types ◽  
The Many

Health leaders manage many types of risk. One type of risk that may be underrecognized is the ethical risk in the many projects and activities that are done regularly besides research (eg, program evaluation, quality improvement, and health innovation). Applying clinical, personal, professional, and organizational ethics can help address the risks but are insufficient by themselves or in combination. Each different type of project or activity requires an ethics review that is appropriate for that activity. Health leaders must first acknowledge that ethical risks exist in many of the activities occurring in their organization and then support the different types of ethics review required to adequately protect and respect people and their information.

scholarly journals Évaluation de l'implantation d'un programme d'hébergement en alternance de personnes âgées en perte d'autonomie et de ses effets sur les aidants naturels

2002 ◽  
Vol 21 (3) ◽  
pp. 371-383 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marjolaine Landry ◽  
Réjean Hébert ◽  
Michel Préville
Keyword(s):  
Program Evaluation ◽  
Frail Elderly ◽  
Reasoned Action ◽  
Informal Caregivers ◽  
Evaluation Process ◽  
Care Program ◽  
Telephone Interviews ◽  
Perceived Burden ◽  
Perte D’Autonomie ◽  
High Level

ABSTRACTWith a view to reducing the exhaustion experienced by informal caregivers and thus encourage the frail elderly to remain at home, a new free respite care program, which offers to house the frail elderly one week per month, was evaluated using an array of multiple cases. Ajzen and Madden's (1986) theory of reasoned action was used as a model to explain the effect of the program on the caregivers' intention to resort to permanent accommodation. Fourteen informal caregivers took part in the program evaluation process. An analysis of the reports of the meetings of the program's Implementation Committee revealed that human and material resources had been used as established in the initial plan. Seven subjects completed the 12 months planned for evaluating the program and were able to continue with the program thereafter. An analysis of the data, using graphic representations and pre-experimental and experimental phase medians, did not reveal any decrease in the perceived burden and in the intention to resort to accommodation in subjects who had completed the program evaluation process. Those who dropped out did so in part because of the high level of perceived burden and the caregivers' intention to resort to accommodation prior to entering the program. Unstructured telephone interviews with the caregivers suggest, moreover, that an elderly person's loss of autonomy, a good financial situation, and the caregiver's decreased feeling of guilt at the idea of housing his/her relative are important determining factors in the caregiver's decision to use permanent accommodation.

The Elaboration Model in Adapted Activity Research: Increasing the Programmatic Value of Program Evaluations

1984 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 12-18 ◽  
Author(s):  
I. Roy Hunter ◽  
Ronald P. Reynolds ◽  
M. Laura Williams
Keyword(s):  
Program Evaluation ◽  
Data Analysis ◽  
Secondary Analysis ◽  
Original Study ◽  
Child Life ◽  
Life Activity ◽  
Program Evaluations ◽  
Activity Program ◽  
Extensive Training ◽  
Elaboration Model

The purpose of this article is to introduce practitioners involved in the provision of adapted activity service to the elaboration model of data analysis. The authors contend that the use of the elaboration model for the analysis of program evaluation data: (a) can be used by activity specialists who do not have extensive training in statistics, and (b) can increase the potential for the production of empirically based programmatic recommendations from such data.The example presented herein involves the secondary analysis of data collected during the evaluation of a child life activity program. The original study concluded that the children studied showed less regressive behavior on nights that the child life program was offered. The findings from the secondary analysis enabled the identification of children who were: (a) more likely to experience regressive behavior, and (b) more likely to be responsive to existing child life programs. It was concluded that the use of the elaboration model significantly increased the value of recommendations which were derived from the data.

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