EVALUATION MANAGEMENT AND ORGANIZATIONAL STRATEGIES

• NCJ Number: 54789
• Author(s): T P JONES
• Date Published: 1977
• Length: 20 pages
• Corporate Author: Florida Dept of Offender Rehabilitation
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: PRESENTED AT THE NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON CRIMINAL JUSTICE EVALUATION, WASHINGTON, DC, FEBRUARY 22-24, 1977 PANEL 21 - EXPERIENCE WITH BUILDING IN-HOUSE EVALUATION CAPABILITIES

Annotation

THE PLANNING, DESIGN, AND IMPLEMENTATION OF AN EVALUATION SYSTEM FOR THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF OFFENDER REHABILITATION IS DESCRIBED.

Abstract

THE STRATEGY USED IN FLORIDA TO INITIATE A COMPREHENSIVE EVALUATION SYSTEM USED A THREE-PHASE EFFORT: (1) SYSTEM DESIGN, (2) PREIMPLEMENTATION ACTIVITIES, AND (3) ACTUAL IMPLEMENTATION. THE SYSTEM DESIGN INCLUDED THE FOLLOWING STEPS: (1) DETERMINATION OF EVALUATION SYSTEM PARAMETERS, WHICH, IN THIS CASE, WERE DEFINED BY FLORIDA LAW; (2) DETERMINATION OF EVALUATION SYSTEM SCOPE AND OBJECTIVES, WHICH INCLUDED A PROGRAM'S END PRODUCT, TOGETHER WITH PROGRAM FACILITIES, EQUIPMENT, COST, AND DIRECT SERVICES WHICH CONTRIBUTE TO THE END PRODUCT; (3) IDENTIFICATION OF PROGRAMS TO BE EVALUATED, WHICH INVOLVED THE IDENTIFICATION OF PROGRAMS TO BE EVALUATED, WHICH INVOLVED THE IDENTIFICATION OF 20 MAJOR PROGRAMS, WITH FOUR TO BE EVALUATED ANNUALLY; (4) IDENTIFICATION OF EVALUATION TARGET GROUP (THOSE TO WHOM EVALUATION IS ADDRESSED); (5) DESIGN OF EVALUATION METHODOLOGY, WHICH WAS BASED ON A FORMATIVE EVALUATION METHODOLOGY PARTICULARLY SUITED TO THE ASSESSMENT OF ONGOING PROGRAMS; AND (6) IDENTIFICATION OF CONSTRAINTS TO EVALUATION SYSTEM, WHICH INCLUDED LIMITATION ON RESOURCES, MANAGEMENT MISUNDERSTANDING OF EVALUATION PURPOSES, AND PHILOSOPHICAL DIFFERENCES AMONG EVALUATORS. THE STEPS DICUSSED FOR THE SECOND PHASE OF DEVELOPING AN EVALUATION SYSTEM, THE PREIMPLEMENTATION EFFORTS, INCLUDED IDENTIFICATION OF SPECIFIC RESOURCES, ACTION TO OVERCOME CONSTRAINTS, REVISION OF EVALUATION DESIGN, AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE EVALUATION SCHEDULE. THE THIRD AND FINAL PHASE IN THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE SYSTEM, IMPLEMENTATION, CONSISTS OF DATA COLLECTION, DATA ANALYSIS, AND EVALUATION REPORT. EACH OF THESE ASPECTS OF IMPLEMENTATION IS DISCUSSED. THE SYSTEM DEVELOPED CAN GROW WITH AN AGENCY SO EVALUATION CAN BECOME AN ONGOING FUNCTION OF THE AGENCY'S OPERATION. (RCB)