Session 1

What is Program Evaluation & Why Is It Needed?

Text

Rossi, Peter H.; Mark W. Lipsey and Gary T. Henry (2019) Evaluation: A Systematic Approach. (8th Edition) Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications. Chapter 1.

Glossary

Slides & Illustrations

Chapter One Illustrations; Chapter One Slides;

Key Concepts

• Assessment of program process (21)
• Assessment of Program theory and design (19)
• Confirmation bias (5)
• Cost Analysis & Cost-Benefit and Cost-Effective Analysis (25)
• Demonstration program (10)
• Empowerment evaluation (14)
• Evaluation questions (16)
• Evaluation sponsor (9)
• Formative evaluation (11)
• Impact evaluation (23)
• Implementation failure (28)
• Independent evaluation (13)
• Needs assessment (17)
• Participatory or collaborative evaluation (14)
• Performance criterion (15)
• Program evaluation (6)
• Program monitoring (21)
• Social research methods (6)
• Stakeholders (9)
• Summative evaluation (11)
• Theory Failure (28)

Homework: (Discussion Questions & Application Excercises)

Johnson, F. A., M. J. Eaton, J. Mikels-Carrasco, and D. Case (2020) “Building adaptive capacity in a coastal region experiencing global change,” Ecology and Society. Vol. 25, No. 3. 9.

NOTE: Submit the questions with your answers in World format as attachments to Canvas email and submit this homework - complete with APA citations and references - to the instructor by no later than 5 pm on the last day of Session 1 (as designated on the course schedule page that is linked above).