What Are Formative and Summative Evaluations?
Formative Evaluations are also known as what kind of Evaluations?
Process Evaluations
What are some data collection sources?
Focus groups, quantitative surveys, semi-structured interviews
What is formative evaluation?
New delivery of service, fine-tuning programs, and really seeing what works and does not work in a program evaluation.
What are the two key purposes of Formative Evaluations?
ANY OF THESE ANSWERS ARE CORRECT: Monitoring and fine-tuning operations, assessing the fidelity of the program, Identifying strengths and weaknesses, Assessing the fidelity of the program.
What are the six steps in designing a program evaluation?
-Engaging stakeholders
-Describe the program
-Focus the evaluation
-Gather Credible data
-Justify conclusions
- Ensure, use, and share lessons learned
What is summative evaluation?
Involves making judgments about the efficacy of a program or course at its conclusion.
Summative Evaluations are also known as what kind of Evaluations?
Outcome Evaluations
How do you develop questions for your evaluation?
1. Involve key stakeholders and review your logic model
2. Brainstorm evaluation questions
3. Classify your questions
4. Prioritize evaluations questions
What is Outcome evaluation?
Measures the longer-term effects of the intervention and this usually corresponds to the intervention goal.