Patton Utilization

Evaluation is a process that is used to look at the project, policy or program critically. It includes the collection and analyzing information that is related to the program or policy and that of its outcome. The Main purpose is to improve the policy or the program effectiveness. This will also help to identify any of the weak areas and changes that need to be made in the policy.

Our fourth criterion was complexity of the processes involved. In our analysis, the more complex processes often result in higher chances for imperfection or failure. We also felt that processes that require a trained specialist to enhance would not benefit from our analysis because of our lack of understanding the methods. The fifth criterion was personal interest. This was to ensure we were all engaged and interested in working on the decided project.

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The program evaluator is blind to what the program is supposed to be and therefore with data paints a picture of the reality occurring in the program. All kinds of methods of data gathering can be employed in this model of evaluation in order to get a complete view of the program and how it is or is not meeting the needs of the target population. Often because the evaluation needs to be bias free, evaluators are not well versed in the subject matter or industry when the goal-free model of evaluation is chosen. In the Goal-Free method it is advised to use more than one evaluator so that the evaluation does not rest upon only one evaluator (Boulmetis, J., & Dutwin, P., 2005,

Another model of evaluation based on the personal observations makes the use of intensive personal observations and conversations with the stakeholders would be the proponents of “qualitative or naturalistic” argues that only a deep and thorough understanding of a program will permit the most helpful with the evaluation. Offering the “expert opinion model” where the evaluator must be the data-gathering instrument; yet, a greater emphasis is placed on the understanding the experiences to such issues.

Patton supported his claim with adequate evidence throughout the reading. The author strongly suggests that evaluation should never be done independently, but primary intended users should be allowed to “sit at the table” to help make decisions that would influence the intended use. One example was the “welfare-to-work program exercise where internal evaluators met to discuss the finding of their evaluation. It is clear that no primary intended users were identified and little thoughts if any were given to how the evaluation results would be used. For Patton, the number one priority to good evaluation starts with primary intended users who input can help guide the evaluation from the start to the finish. In contrast, Brandon W. Youker, author of “Goal-Free Evaluation: A potential Model for the Evaluation of Social Work Programs” believed in a goal-free evaluation, whereby evaluators should make observations, and measure any outcomes intended or unintended without any knowledge, goals or even

From here, process evaluation determines if the design and implementation are compatible. Impact evaluation then decides whether or not the policy can be deemed successful based on results. Although randomization is the ideal process in research, when this is not possible other design methods such as nonequivalent group designs, which assign values to certain conditions within groups when randomization is not possible, can be useful in determining policy as well (Bachman,

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Finally, the findings will be combined into a report that will be forwarded to the different stakeholders. This evaluation plan begins by identifying the stakeholder involved in the program. They involve CDC, local government, and the population. The second segment contains a detailed description of the program and the methods used to implement it. The third segment outlines the logic model used to implement the CPPW program. The fourth segment is the evaluation design followed by evidence gathering. The last segment outlines how the findings will be communicated and used.

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IDEA requires the administration of a multifactored evaluation using a variety of valid assessment tools and strategies to gather information related to the

All the techniques assisted in following the decision making steps including measuring the impact which is easily forgotten. It is very important to ensure our decision was effective and if it was not. Understanding why the decision was not effective and re evaluating the alternatives and the issues that come into play will help us identify what was missed or overlooked so the problem can get fixed. This also helps ensure the same mistakes are minimized, if not identified so the same issues do not reoccur and something can be learned for the future.

Alternatives analysis. Are there multiple ways to achieve this scope? If so, what are the pros and cons for each alternative?

* Evaluate and select an alternative: evaluate selectively from the most effective to the least effective, evaluate effects