The Practice of Evaluation
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The Practice of Evaluation

Partnership Approaches for Community Change

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eBook - ePub

The Practice of Evaluation

Partnership Approaches for Community Change

About this book

The Practice of Evaluation: Partnership Approaches for Community Change provides foundational content on evaluation concepts, approaches, and methods, with an emphasis on the use of evaluation and partnership approaches to effect change. Real examples in every chapter illustrate key ideas and concepts "in action" on topics such as organizational development, capacity building, program improvement, and advocacy. Editors Ryan P. Kilmer and James R. Cook, and the chapter authors, highlight pragmatic approaches to evaluation that balance the needs of stakeholders in an ethical way, to provide useful, usable, and actionable guidance for program improvement.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Praise for this Book
  3. Half Title
  4. Publisher Note
  5. Title Page
  6. Copyright Page
  7. Brief Contents
  8. Detailed Contents
  9. Preface
  10. For Instructors
  11. Acknowledgments
  12. About the Editors
  13. PART I Evaluation to Support Change: Guiding notions and principles
  14. CHAPTER 1 Evaluative Research: Key Concepts and Applications in Facilitating Change
  15. CHAPTER 2 Program Evaluation: Promises and Pitfalls
  16. CHAPTER 3 Setting the Stage: A Partnership Approach to Evaluation
  17. CHAPTER 4 Cultural Sensitivity and Responsiveness in Evaluation
  18. CHAPTER 5 Ethical Considerations
  19. CHAPTER 6 Evaluating Program Effectiveness: Connecting Process and Outcomes
  20. PART II Evaluation in Practice: Selected Strategies, Methods, and Applications
  21. CHAPTER 7 Evaluation Capacity Building: A Partnership Approach for Program Improvement and Social Change
  22. CHAPTER 8 Empowerment Evaluation
  23. CHAPTER 9 Surveying the Landscape: Using Geographic Information Systems to Evaluate Community Programs and Facilitate Change
  24. CHAPTER 10 Qualitative Evaluation in Community Partnership
  25. CHAPTER 11 Network Analysis in Evaluation Research
  26. CHAPTER 12 Using Cost-Benefit and Cost-Effectiveness Analyses in the Community Context
  27. PART III Evaluation in Action: Special Topics and Contexts
  28. CHAPTER 13 Investing in Nonprofit Development Through Evaluation Capacity and Strategic Partnerships: A Four-Tiered Model
  29. CHAPTER 14 Community–University Partnerships to Promote Change
  30. CHAPTER 15 Data-Driven Advocacy and Advocacy Evaluation
  31. CHAPTER 16 Using Evaluation to Promote Improvements in Health Service Settings
  32. CHAPTER 17 Creating Collaborative Partnerships Through Participatory Evaluation to Shape Public Policy
  33. CHAPTER 18 Epilogue
  34. Glossary
  35. Index
  36. About the Contributors