CONTENTS

Table of Contents
Introduction

1. Introduction to Evaluation
2. What Does an Evaluation Project Look Like
3. Understanding Types of Evaluation Projects
4. Preparing for Your Evaluation

Supplements
Resources

Evaluation for the Unevaluated:
Program Evaluation 101

Step 7. Modify the prevention program based on the data.

This is the fun part--a chance to make a bigger impact through a better program. For example, what if the evaluation shows that Cool After School is having a much stronger impact on boys than girls? Jack and his staff can brainstorm ways to strengthen the program for girls. The problem could be:

• The program activities themselves (Jack welcomed the donated foosball tables with open arms and can't pry the boys away from them, but maybe foosball isn't every teenage girl's dream).
• Staff (The male/female ratios were skewed toward men. The best staff and volunteers Jack could find just happened to be men. He'd always intended to recruit more females, but the staff he hired in year one wanted to stay on and why break up a good team?).
• A combination of factors. The Cool After School staff and the evaluation team can work together to sort this out.

The evaluation results open the door for positive change.