Essentials of utilization-focused evaluation

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Glavni autor: Patton, Michael Quinn (-)
Vrsta građe: Knjiga
Jezik: eng
Impresum: Los Angeles, Calif. : SAGE, c2012.
Predmet:
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  • Step 1. assess and build program and organizational readiness for utilization-focused evaluation
  • Step 2. assess and enhance evaluator readiness and competence to undertake a utilization-focused evaluation
  • Step 3. identify, organize, and engage primary intended users : the personal factor
  • Step 4. situation analysis conducted jointly with primary intended users
  • Step 5. identify and prioritize primary intended uses by determining priority purposes
  • Step 6. consider and build in process uses if and as appropriate
  • Step 7. focus priority evaluation questions
  • Step 8. check that fundamental areas for evaluation inquiry are being adequately addressed : implementation, outcomes, and attribution questions
  • Step 9. determine what intervention model or theory of change is being evaluated
  • Step 10. negotiate appropriate methods to generate credible findings that support intended use by intended users
  • Step 11. make sure intended users understand potential methods controversies and their implications
  • Step 12. simulate use of findings : evaluation's equivalent of a dress rehearsal
  • Step 13. gather data with ongoing attention to use
  • Step 14. organize and present the data for interpretation and use by primary intended users : analysis, interpretation, judgment, and recommendations
  • Step 15. prepare an evaluation report to facilitate use and disseminate significant findings to expand influence
  • Step 16. follow up with primary intended users to facilitate and enhance use
  • Step 17. metaevaluation of use : be accountable, learn, and improve.