Extension Evaluation Matters: 2nd Edition

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Attribution............................................................................................................................................................. 2 Table of Contents .................................................................................................................................................. 3 Meet the Authors .................................................................................................................................................. 5 Editorial Review Board .......................................................................................................................................... 7 Introduction .......................................................................................................................................................... 9 Chapter 1: Standards and Competencies....................................................................................... 10 Evaluation Guiding Principles .............................................................................................................................. 11 Evaluation Cultural Competence ......................................................................................................................... 12 Evaluator Competencies ...................................................................................................................................... 13 Human Subjects Research ................................................................................................................................... 14 Chapter 2: Evaluation Planning .................................................................................................... 15 Evaluation Frameworks ....................................................................................................................................... 16 Program Theory and Logic Models ...................................................................................................................... 23 Program Theory ................................................................................................................................................................ 23 Logic Models ..................................................................................................................................................................... 24 Logic Model Training......................................................................................................................................................... 24 Love Your Logic Model...................................................................................................................................................... 25 Programs, Life Cycles, and Evaluation ................................................................................................................. 26 Program Life Cycles........................................................................................................................................................... 26 Program Evaluation .......................................................................................................................................................... 27 Evaluation Purpose and Scope............................................................................................................................. 29 Guidelines for Establishing Purpose and Scope................................................................................................................ 29 Tools for Establishing Purpose and Scope ........................................................................................................................ 30 Asset Mapping, Needs Assessment and Stakeholder Analysis............................................................................. 31 Asset Mapping .................................................................................................................................................................. 32 Needs Assessment ............................................................................................................................................................ 34

Chapter 3: Evaluation Implementation ......................................................................................... 38

Evaluation Implementation ................................................................................................................................. 39 Primary and Secondary Data - Overview .......................................................................................................................... 39 Evaluation Techniques......................................................................................................................................... 42 Introduction ...................................................................................................................................................................... 42 Surveys: An Introduction .................................................................................................................................................. 43 Direct Observation ............................................................................................................................................................ 49

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