Evaluation Practice for Collaborative Growth
by Lori L. Bakken
This book uniquely captures program evaluation concepts, methods, and strategies that are most useful to nonprofit leaders, social science professionals, and students as they engage in evaluation practice. Readers will learn how to work with key stakeholders to determine answerable questions/design studies and analyze, interpret, and report useful findings.
Paperback
English
Brand New
Publisher Description
Evaluation Practice for Collaborative Growth highlights the approaches, tools, and techniques that are most useful for evaluating educational and social service programs. This book walks the reader through a process of creating answerable evaluations questions, designing evaluation studies to answer those questions, and analyzing, interpreting, and reporting the evaluation's findings so they are useful and meaningful for key stakeholders. The text concludeswith a chapter devoted to the shifting landscape of evaluation practice as it faces complex systems and issues that are shaped by society. Additionally, the author provides a list of knowledge and skillsneeded to adapt to a changing landscape and encourages organizations to use evaluation as a mechanism for learning and adapting to change. Her orientation toward community-based approaches and social justice prevail throughout the book's content and align well with a reader's desire to be inclusive and accountable in programing efforts. Nonprofit leaders, social science professionals, and students will find this book helpful for understanding basic program evaluation concepts, methods, andstrategies.
Table of Contents
PART ONE: PrepareChapter 1: Thinking Like an EvaluatorChapter 2: Acquiring Requisite Knowledge & SkillsChapter 3: Choosing an Evaluation ApproachChapter 4: Planning a Program EvaluationPART TWO: DesignChapter 5: Designing a Program EvaluationChapter 6: Choosing Samples, Sampling Methods, and Data SourcesPART THREE: ConductChapter 7: Collecting, Storing, and Tracking InformationChapter 8: Analyzing and Interpreting Quantitative DataChapter 9: Analyzing and Interpreting Qualitative DataPART FOUR: Report and Prepare AgainChapter 10: Reporting and Disseminating FindingsChapter 11: Preparing for Complexity in Evaluation
Review
"This new addition to the evaluation literature covers many foundational principles and practices in a style that is easy to read and absorb. Both practitioners and evaluators will find the many tables and examples very helpful as they design and implement a range of evaluations."- Hallie Preskill, PhD, Managing Director, FSG
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Evaluation Practice for Collaborative Growth highlights the approaches, tools, and techniques that are most useful for evaluating educational and social service programs.
Long Description
Evaluation Practice for Collaborative Growth highlights the approaches, tools, and techniques that are most useful for evaluating educational and social service programs. This book walks the reader through a process of creating answerable evaluations questions, designing evaluation studies to answer those questions, and analyzing, interpreting, and reporting the evaluation's findings so they are useful and meaningful for key stakeholders. The text concludeswith a chapter devoted to the shifting landscape of evaluation practice as it faces complex systems and issues that are shaped by society. Additionally, the author provides a list of knowledge and skillsneeded to adapt to a changing landscape and encourages organizations to use evaluation as a mechanism for learning and adapting to change. Her orientation toward community-based approaches and social justice prevail throughout the book's content and align well with a reader's desire to be inclusive and accountable in programing efforts. Nonprofit leaders, social science professionals, and students will find this book helpful for understanding basic program evaluation concepts, methods, andstrategies.
Review Text
"This new addition to the evaluation literature covers many foundational principles and practices in a style that is easy to read and absorb. Both practitioners and evaluators will find the many tables and examples very helpful as they design and implement a range of evaluations." - Hallie Preskill, PhD, Managing Director, FSG
Review Quote
"This new addition to the evaluation literature covers many foundational principles and practices in a style that is easy to read and absorb. Both practitioners and evaluators will find the many tables and examples very helpful as they design and implement a range of evaluations." - Hallie Preskill, PhD, Managing Director, FSG
Feature
Selling point: Oriented toward those who don't have evaluation expertise but need practical knowledgeSelling point: Bridges the evaluation purposes of accountability and learningSelling point: Oriented toward evaluation practice that supports social justiceSelling point: Provides tips, tools, and techniques that facilitate evaluation practiceSelling point: Covers the nuts and bolts of evaluation practice (without the jargon) based on authors' 25-plus years of experience in the field
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