Program Evaluation

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Program Evaluation

• Lesson 12

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Evaluation of the Evaluation

• Reputation is perhaps the most used information
  on an evaluators ability.
• There are some formal methods to conduct an
  evaluation of an evaluation. Among these are
  meta-evaluation panels, audits and external
  review. The work can be checked by the
  standards.
• Reputation builders come from client
  satisfaction, judgment of peers and personal
  self-respect.

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Evaluation of the Evaluation

• Service reputation is built on
• Timeliness
• Contract completion
• Unobtrusiveness
• Responsiveness
• Resourcefulness
• Honesty
• Versatility

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Evaluation of the Evaluation

• Competence reputation is built on
• Conceptualization
• Design
• Measurement
• Data collection
• Analysis
• Reporting

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Evaluation of the Evaluation

• Meta-evaluator panels are usually composed of
• Consulting expertise on the program area
• Consulting expertise on the targeted group
• Consulting expertise on measurement
• Consulting expertise on evaluation
• Representative of the Sponsor