Practical Program Evaluation: Assessing and Improving Planning, Implementation, and Effectiveness

Chen (U. of Alabama, Birmingham) introduces students to the real world of evaluation, focusing on issues that arise in professional practice. Coverage includes the foundations and applications of program evaluation principles, the use of program evaluation to assist stakeholders as they plan programs, evaluation approaches and methods that are useful in fine-tuning and stabilizing the implementation process of fledgling programs, and the assessment of program implementation once programs mature. Also suitable as a reference text for professional evaluators. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR