HECOL301 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Unintended Consequences, Summative Assessment
5 Apr 2016
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The systematic assessment of the operation and/or outcomes of a program or policy, compared to a set of explicit or implicit standards a a means of contributing to the improvement of the program policy (weiss, 1998) Program evaluations seek answers to these basic questions. Overall, does the program appear to be meeting its goals and/or objectives. What improvements to the program are needed? (horne, 1995) Process evaluation: deals with the program delivery issues, stakeholder concerns; Impact evaluation: changes in behaviour & in uences on behaviour; Evaluation provides a constant source of directly-relevant evidence. Gps or service delivery- telling you where you are, how far you are from your destination and where to turn in order to get there. Not easy to de ne: an approach and philosophy. Community-based evaluation: a philosophy of inquiry that encourages active participation in the evaluation process form all involved communities (cockerel, myers.
