Essentials of Utilization-Focused Evaluation : A Primer

by Michael Quinn Patton

• ISBN13: 9781412977418
• ISBN10: 141297741X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-08-22
• Publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc

Summary

Based on Michael Quinn Patton's Utilization Focused Evaluation, this briefer and more condensed 'essentials' book provides both an overall framework and concrete advice for how to conduct useful evaluations that actually get used. This book integrates both theory and practice and is not only based on research, but also professional experience.

Table of Contents

Preface

Introduction

Assess and Build Program and Organizational Readiness for Utilization-Focused Evaluation

Assess and Enhance Evaluator Readiness and Competence to Undertake a Utilization-Focused Evaluation

Identify, Organize, and Engage Primary Intended Users: The Personal Factor

Situation Analysis Conducted Jointly With Primary Intended Users

Identify and Prioritize Primary Intended Uses by Determining Priority Purposes

Consider and Build in Process Uses if and as Appropriate

Focus Priority Evaluation Questions

Check That Fundamental Areas for Evaluation Inquiry Are Being Adequately Addressed: Implementation, Outcomes, and Attribution Questions

Determine What Intervention Model or Theory of Change Is Being Evaluated

Negotiate Appropriate Methods to Generate Credible Findings That Support Intended Use by Intended Users

Make Sure Intended Users Understand Potential Methods Controversies and Their Implications

Simulate Use of Findings: Evaluation's Equivalent of a Dress Rehearsal

Gather Data With Ongoing Attention to Use

Organize and Present the Data for Interpretation and Use by Primary Intended Users: Analysis, Interpretation, Judgment, and Recommendations

Prepare an Evaluation Report to Facilitate Use and Disseminate Significant Findings to Expand Influence

Follow Up With Primary Intended Users to Facilitate and Enhance Use

Metaevaluation of Use: Be Aaccountable, Learn, and Improve

Summary and Conclusion

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