Program Evaluation Overview
Your district supervisor, Dr. Jones, has asked you to evaluate different approaches to program evaluation and to share your recommendations. There are several evaluation approaches, but the most common approach for education is an objective-based approach. You will need to demonstrate that you can differentiate program evaluation components and procedures by applying an objective-based approach to evaluating an educational program.
Write the following for Dr. Jones:
Compare the objective-based, decision-based, and participatory approaches to program evaluation, including the benefits and challenges of each approach.
Explain how you will apply objective-based program evaluation components and procedures to your identified program.
Identify and discuss ethical dilemmas related to your role as a program evaluator and how your personal beliefs and/or biases may influence accomplishing objectives.
Support your post with two or more references to this week’s Learning Resources and/or scholarly sources within the last 5 years beyond the course material.
References:
Chen, H. T. (2015). Practical program evaluation: Theory-driven evaluation and the integrated evaluation perspective (2nd ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
Chapter 2, “Understand Approaches to Evaluation and Select Ones That Work” (pp. 35–57)
Spaulding, D. T. (2014). Program evaluation in practice: Core concepts and examples for discussion and analysis (2nd ed.). San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.
Chapter 3, “In-Depth Look at the Objectives-Based Approach to Evaluation” (pp. 59–67)
https://www.eval.org/p/cm/ld/fid=103
https://prezi.com/qvgzbrkwqfhk/objectives-oriented-evaluation-approach/