HOW TO DEAL WITH GOALS AND OBJECTIVES

• NCJ Number: 58073
• Author(s): L L MORRIS; C T FITZ-GIBBON
• Date Published: 1978
• Length: 80 pages
• Sponsoring Agency: US Dept of Health, Education, and Welfare
• Corporate Author: Sage Publications, Inc; University of California, Los Angeles
• Sale Source: Sage Publications, Inc
• Publication Type: Program/Project Evaluation
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: *This document is currently unavailable from NCJRS. PROGRAM EVALUATION KIT

Annotation

STRAIGHTFORWARD, PRACTICAL ADVICE IS PROVIDED ON HOW TO STATE PLAINLY PROGRAM GOALS AND OBJECTIVES, PARTICULARLY WITH REGARD TO A PROGRAM'S EVALUATION.

Abstract

PART OF AN EIGHT-VOLUME SET ON PROGRAM EVALUATION, THIS CONCRETE, NONTECHNICAL DISCUSSION OF THE EVALUATION PHASE OF PROGRAM GOALS AND OBJECTIVES CITES EXAMPLES OF VARIOUS EVALUATION OPTIONS AND PROVIDES A HISTORICAL AND CONCEPTUAL BACKGROUND ON THE USE OF GOALS AND OBJECTIVES AS METHODS OF ORGANIZING AN EVALUATION. GUIDANCE IS PROVIDED ON WHEN AND HOW TO USE BROADLY STATED GOALS VERSUS DETAILED OBJECTIVES, HOW TO SPECIFY OBJECTIVES TO SERVE AS FORMULAS FOR DEVELOPING MEASURES OF ACHIEVEMENT AND ATTITUDES, AND WHERE TO FIND GOALS AND OBJECTIVES (I. E., SOURCES OF ALREADY-WRITTEN OBJECTIVES USEFUL FOR MOST EVALUATIONS). HOW TO WRITE BEHAVIORAL OBJECTIVES, DERIVE OBJECTIVES FROM STANDARIZED TESTS, AND USE SUCH TESTS IN PROGRAM EVALUATIONS ARE EXAMINED, ALONG WITH FIVE WAYS FOR ASSIGNING PRIORITY TO OBJECTIVES: (1) SAMPLING OBJECTIVES, (2) SAMPLING IMPORTANT OBJECTIVES, (3) MATRIX SAMPLING, (4) ASSIGNING PRIORITIES THROUGH RATINGS, AND (5) ASSIGNING PRIORITIES THROUGH HIERARCHIES OF OBJECTIVES. DISCUSSION OF EACH PROCEDURE IS ACCOMPANIED BY NUMEROUS EXAMPLES, ILLUSTRATIONS, AND INSTRUCTIONS. SEVERAL CHAPTERS CONTAIN TABLES SUMMARIZING MAJOR POINTS; OTHERS SUGGEST FURTHER READING. AN INDEX IS INCLUDED.