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This course provides an in-depth overview of diverse approaches to evaluation, highlighting formative and summative strategies. Attendees will explore key methodologies, including expertise-oriented, consumer-oriented, objectives-oriented, and decision-oriented evaluation. The curriculum includes comprehensive reviews of data and programs, field experience, and presentations from leading experts in the field. Understanding cultural competence and stakeholder perspectives is emphasized to ensure effective evaluation outcomes. Key figures like Scriven, Stufflebeam, and Guba & Lincoln are discussed for their impactful contributions to evaluation practice.
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Course Overview 1. Approaches to Evaluation 2. Review of Data/Programs 3. Presentations 4. Field Experience
Key Vocabulary Evaluation Program Stakeholders Upstream Midstream Downstream Formative Summative
Approaches Expertise-oriented Consumer-oriented Objectives-oriented Decision-oriented Participant-oriented Capacity Building Cultural Competence
Connections & Key Components Expertise-oriented “Accreditation” - NCATE/Middle States Key People: Flexner – Teaching Hospital Eisner - Connoisseurship and Criticism
Connections & Key Components Consumer-Oriented Expert in “Judging” things – not necessarily a content expert Key Person: Scriven – Developed Checklists Examples: WWC, Buros
Connections & Key Components Program-oriented Key People: Provus – Discrepancy Evaluation Model Tyler – Standardized Testing “objectives-oriented” science-based, quantitative Summative in Nature
Connections & Key Components Decision-oriented To serve decision makers Key Person: Stufflebeam – CIPP (key is Context) UFE – identifies stakeholders who care about the program Formative in Nature
Connections & Key Components Participant-oriented Practical (own and use) & Transformative (empowerment) Key People: Stake – Added the human element/local knowledge, and made evaluation less mechanistic Guba & Lincoln – “constructivist” approach, stakeholders teach the evaluator
Connections & Key Components ECB & Cultural Competence Cultural Competence – Understand and appreciate the culture (also: Pluralism) Patton (ECB) – changes in thinking and behavior of the organization (culture change as a result of the evaluation process)