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Session 5

Program Evaluation Models

Boulmetis & Dutwin, Ch5; EPA/NCEI Guidelines for Evaluating an Environmental Program, Ch3-5; Rainbow Program Evaluation Framework; Kelogg Evaluation Handbook, Ch3-5; Zarinpoush, Fataneh (2006) "Program Evaluation Guide for Nonprofits: Module 4," Imagine Canada.

Topics:

  • Evaluation models and their components.
  • Differences between research and evaluation.
  • Purposes for evaluation.
  • Qualitative and Quantitative Evaluations.
  • Four models of evaluation: (Discrepancy, Goal-Free, Transaction; Goal-Based).
  • Evaluation model selection.
  • Format for evaluation design (questions, objectives, observed activities, data sources, population sampling, data collection design, responsibilities, data analysis, and dissemination audience).
  • Introduction to the Logic Model for program evaluation - elements,
  • Mapping evaluation questions in a logic model - linking questions to the logic model elements.
  • Foundations of a good evaluation design.
  • Design selection and determining design driven data needs.
  • Data collection methods and challenges.
  • Selecting evaluation methodology.
  • Overview of the Rainbow Evaluation Framework.
  • Overview of the W.W. Kelogg Foundation framework.
  • Canadian nonprofit evaluation framework.

Homework:

  1. Complete the questions and excercises found at the end of Chapter 5 of The ABC's of Evlauation.
  2. Describe a "logic model" from the perspective of EPA guidelines.
  3. Distinguish between these four models of evaluation: Discrepancy, Goal-Free, Transaction and Goal-Based.
  4. How do quantitative and qualitative evaluations differ?
  5. Briefly describe the Canadian non-profit evaluation framework.
  6. Briefly describe the W.W. Kelogg Foundation framework. How is it different from the Rainbow Framework?
  7. Consider the diagram below and distinguish between short, intermediate and long term outcomes. x

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 5 (as designated on the course schedule page that is linked above).