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

Introduction

• Introduction

Module 1: Introduction to Evaluation

• Objectives
• Background: The Story of Jack and the Bean Counters
• The Cool After School Program
• Cool After School Program Description
• What Is Evaluation?
• Purposes of Evaluation
• Evaluation: A Working Definition
• Module 1 Quiz
• Next Module: Designing an Evaluation Project

Module 2: What Does an Evaluation Project Look Like

• Objectives
• The Making of an Evaluation Project
• Program Planning in a Nutshell
• The Evaluation Cycle
• Step 1. Conceptualize the evaluation
• Step 2. Design the evaluation and the methodology
• Step 3. Hire and train staff
• Step 4. Choose and test instruments and procedures
• Step 5. Collect data
• Step 6. Analyze and report data
• Step 7. Modify the prevention program based on the data.
• Step 8. Prepare to re-evaluate
• Module 2 Quiz
• Next Module: Understanding Types of Evaluation Projects

Module 3: Understanding Types of Evaluation Projects

• Objectives
• Process, Schmocess-Did My Program Work?
• Formative and Summative Evaluations
• Process Evaluation: What Are We Doing?
• Efficiency Evaluation: How Efficiently Are We Providing Our Services?
• Outcome Evaluation: What Effect Are We Having?
• Types of Evaluation
• Put on Your Thinking Cap
• Module 3 Quiz
• Next Module: Preparing for Your Evaluation

Module 4: Preparing for Your Evaluation

• Objectives
• Choosing an Evaluator/Evaluation Team
• Where To Find Outside Help With Your Evaluation
• The Evaluation Team
• Selecting an Evaluator
• Contracts With Outside Evaluators
• Planning the Evaluation
• 1. Clarify your program's mission statement, goals, and objectives.
• 2. Choose the evaluation design.
• 3. Draft evaluation questions.
• Module 4 Quiz
• Next Step