HOW TO MEASURE PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION

• NCJ Number: 58077
• Author(s): L L MORRIS; C T FITZ-GIBBON
• Date Published: 1978
• Length: 140 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

ONE OF AN EIGHT-PART SERIES ON PROGRAM EVALUATION, THIS VOLUME IS DESIGNED TO AID EVALUATORS IN DETERMINING HOW WELL A PROGRAM ACHIEVES ITS OFFICIAL OBJECTIVES.

Abstract

SUMMATIVE AND FORMATIVE EVALUATIONS DEMAND THAT THE PROGRAM UNDER SCRUTINY BE DESCRIBED IN AS MUCH DETAIL AS POSSIBLE. TO THIS END, THIS BOOK HAS TWO FUNCTIONS: (1) IT OFFERS STEP-BY-STEP METHODS FOR DESIGNING AND USING MEASUREMENT INSTRUMENTS TO DESCRIBE A PROGRAM IN OPERATION; AND (2) IT PRESENTS ARGUMENTS ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF MEASURING IMPLEMENTATION. AN INTRODUCTORY SECTION PRESENTS A SET OF QUESTIONS INTENDED TO HELP EVALUATORS IDENTIFY AN EVALUATION TASK AS SUMMATIVE OR FORMATIVE AND DECIDE HOW MUCH TIME AND EFFORT TO INVEST IN DESCRIBING THE PROGRAM AND PROVIDING BACKUP DATA. AN OUTLINE OF AN IMPLEMENTATION REPORT FOLLOWS, ALONG WITH A GENERAL DISCUSSION OF MEASURING PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION. SUBSEQUENT SECTIONS DETAIL METHODS FOR COLLECTING IMPLEMENTATION DATA AND GATHERING CRITICAL BACKUP DATA WHERE NEEDED; METHODS INVOLVING RECORDS, SELF-REPORTS, AND OBSERVATION TECHNIQUES ARE EXAMINED, AS ARE THE RELIABILITY AND VALIDITY OF SUCH MEASUREMENT APPROACHES. SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER READING ARE INCLUDED. TABLES, GRAPHS, AND OTHER ILLUSTRATIONS ACCOMPANY THE TEXT. AN INDEX IS PROVIDED.