The second edition of Handbook of Practical Program Evaluation offers managers, analysts, consultants, and educators in government, nonprofit, and private institutions a valuable resource that outlines efficient and economical methods for assessing program results and identifying ways to improve program performance. The Handbook has been thoroughly revised. Many new chapters have been prepared for this edition, including chapters on logic modeling and on evaluation applications for small nonprofit organizations. The Handbook of Practical Program Evaluation is a comprehensive resource on evaluation, covering both in-depth program evaluations and performance monitoring. It presents evaluation methods that will be useful at all levels of government and in nonprofit organizations.
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"I am better in my job because I read the Handbook of Practical Program Evaluation, and without question, the analysts I supervise would benefit from reading this handbook." (John A. Mahone, Virginia Department of Planning and Budget)
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More than ever before, the media, elected officials, and the public are demanding accountability from public and nonprofit organizations. But assessing the effectiveness of programs and services can be a time-consuming and costly process. In this comprehensive handbook, experts in the field of program evaluation outline efficient and economical methods of assessing program results and identifying ways to improve program performance.Written for managers, administrators, and educators in government, nonprofit, and private institutions, the authors of the Handbook of Practical Program Evaluation demystify and simplify the process of assessing program results. The authors describe the nuts and bolts of how to create an evaluation design and how to collect and analyze data in a way that will result in low cost and successful evaluations. For programs that require more complex evaluations, they offer instructions on advanced assessment techniques. The book explores the many approaches to program evaluation, including process evaluations, continuous monitoring of program performance, and ad hoc studies of past and present programs.This vital information can be used to aid in the decision-making process on budget alternatives, developing new legislative proposals, improving the performance of public and nonprofit organizations, and enhancing the overall management of public funds.
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This review is from: Handbook of Practical Program Evaluation (Essential Texts for Nonprofit and Public Leadership and Mana) (Hardcover)
I used the 1994 edition of this book in graduate school and it was an invaluable resource in subsequent research. Although the current edition is much revised, the previous edition still stands the test of time. Reasonably priced for what one receives.
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The demand for systematic data on the performance of public and nonprofit programs continues to rise across the world. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
paired role playing, service delivery pathways, trained observer ratings, trained observer results, effective program performance, organizational report cards, employment discrimination studies, agency record data, surgery report card, killer paragraph, evaluation mandate, evaluability assessment, trained observer procedures, alternative evaluation designs, improved program performance, multiattribute scale, nonequivalent group design, program performance information, outcomes hierarchy, program logic models, report card use, street cleanliness, housing discrimination study, practical program evaluation, developing logic models Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, African American, Head Start, Thousand Oaks, Urban Institute, General Accounting Office, Campbell Collaboration, San Francisco, City Scan, Cochrane Collaboration, United States, Even Start, United Way of America, Newbury Park, Quantitative Applications, Sage University Paper, Gender of Child, Favorite Type of Programming, Public Administration Review, United Ways, Mom Test, Scared Straight, James Bell Associates, Evaluation Review, Synopsis of Method New!
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The demand for systematic data on the performance of public and nonprofit programs continues to rise across the world. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
paired role playing, service delivery pathways, trained observer ratings, trained observer results, effective program performance, organizational report cards, employment discrimination studies, agency record data, surgery report card, killer paragraph, evaluation mandate, evaluability assessment, trained observer procedures, alternative evaluation designs, improved program performance, multiattribute scale, nonequivalent group design, program performance information, outcomes hierarchy, program logic models, report card use, street cleanliness, housing discrimination study, practical program evaluation, developing logic models Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, African American, Head Start, Thousand Oaks, Urban Institute, General Accounting Office, Campbell Collaboration, San Francisco, City Scan, Cochrane Collaboration, United States, Even Start, United Way of America, Newbury Park, Quantitative Applications, Sage University Paper, Gender of Child, Favorite Type of Programming, Public Administration Review, United Ways, Mom Test, Scared Straight, James Bell Associates, Evaluation Review, Synopsis of Method New!
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- The Expanding Scope of Evaluation Use (New Directions for Evaluation, 88) by Valerie J. Caracelli on page 23, page 83, and page 107
- Using Performance Measurement to Improve Public and Nonprofit Programs: New Directions for Evaluation (J-B PE Single Issue (Program) Evaluation) by Kathryn E. Newcomer on page 13, and page 98
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