How to be Involved in Program Evaluation: What Every Adminstrator Needs to Know

How to be Involved in Program Evaluation:
· Provides a framework for understanding evaluation and the value of working within an evaluation model
· Provides an overview of the General Evaluation Model (GEM)
· Reviews the components of GEM from the viewpoint of the Evaluator and the Program Director? to emphasize the joint effort of the two persons
· Presents aspects of evaluation as a profession, including standards developed by professional organizations, desired traits of the Evaluator, and advantages and disadvantages of the Evaluator coming from outside the organization as compared to inside the organization
· Discusses the need for data collection instruments, and presents various examples, along with the advantages and disadvantages of the various evaluation instruments
· Discusses the crucial role of reporting evaluation results
· Discusses how the General Evaluation Model can be used to evaluate an entire school

This book will be a valuable reference to program directors and evaluators.