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Rebecca H. Woodland; Rebecca Mazur – American Journal of Evaluation, 2024
Logic modeling, the process that explicates how programs are constructed and theorized to bring about change, is considered to be standard evaluation practice. However, logic modeling is often experienced as a transactional, jargon-laden, discrete task undertaken to produce a document to comply with the expectations of an external entity, the…
Descriptors: Evaluation Research, Evaluation Methods, Program Evaluation, Models
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Huey T. Chen; Liliana Morosanu; Victor H. Chen – American Journal of Evaluation, 2024
Most program evaluation efforts concentrate on assessments of "program implementation" and "program outcomes." However, another area of programs that has not received sufficient attention in the literature is evaluating the plan of the program. Since the quality of the plan and planning process can influence program…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Research, Planning
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Evans S. Boadu; Isioma Ile – American Journal of Evaluation, 2024
The notions of indigenous knowledge and cultural philosophies are becoming ubiquitous in many social inquiries, and evaluation is no exception. Nonetheless, the pursuit to embed relevant indigenous philosophies in contemporary evaluation has yet to succeed. In this article, we discuss indigenous relational philosophies, approaches, and practices…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Indigenous Knowledge, African Culture, Cultural Influences
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Maddox, Raglan; Blais, Genevieve; Mashford-Pringle, Angela; Monchalin, Renée; Firestone, Michelle; Ziegler, Carolyn; Ninomiya, Melody Morton; Smylie, Janet – American Journal of Evaluation, 2021
This study systematically reviewed evidence regarding health program and service evaluations in Indigenous contexts. Following the PRISMA guidelines and combining terms for 'Indigenous populations' and 'health programs and services'. Eight principles emerged: Principle 1: Adopting Indigenous led or co-led approaches is vital to balance power…
Descriptors: Health Services, Program Evaluation, Indigenous Populations, Literature Reviews
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Chen, Huey T.; Morosanu, Liliana; Bellury, Lanell M.; Kimble, Laura – American Journal of Evaluation, 2020
This study was a formative evaluation of a retention program for nursing students from disadvantaged backgrounds underrepresented in the nursing workforce. The program was challenging, with multilevel interventions, some implemented sequential and some concurrently. The program team was interested to identify problematic components and address…
Descriptors: Formative Evaluation, Program Evaluation, Nursing Students, Minority Group Students
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Baldwin, Cheryl K.; Lander, Rachel – American Journal of Evaluation, 2019
This case study examined the functional role activities of developmental evaluators in a school and community partnership employing a collaborative program model to improve an urban underperforming public school. Program implementers' assessments of program developments and their experience with developmental evaluators were also examined. Data…
Descriptors: Evaluators, Role, School Community Relationship, Partnerships in Education
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Stelmach, Rachel D.; Fitch, Elizabeth; Chen, Molly; Meekins, Meagan; Flueckiger, Rebecca M.; Colaço, Rajeev – American Journal of Evaluation, 2022
Monitoring, evaluation, and research activities generate important data, but they often fail to change policies or programs. In addition, local program staff and partners often feel disconnected from these activities, which undermines their ownership of data and results. To bridge the gaps between monitoring, evaluation, and research and to give…
Descriptors: Evidence Based Practice, Evaluation, Research, Global Approach
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Davy, Deanna – American Journal of Evaluation, 2016
Since the early 2000s, a significant number of programs and policies have been developed and implemented to prevent and combat human trafficking. At the international, regional and national levels, government, and international, and nongovernment organizations have established plans of action, conducted training, developed policy tools, and…
Descriptors: Crime, Slavery, Intervention, Literature Reviews
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Wandersman, Abraham; Alia, Kassandra; Cook, Brittany S.; Hsu, Lewis L.; Ramaswamy, Rohit – American Journal of Evaluation, 2016
Many evaluations of programs tend to show few outcomes. One solution to this has been an increasing prominence of the movement that requires programs to implement evidence-based interventions (EBIs). But in a complex world with complex organizations and complex interventions, many challenges have arisen to the implementation of EBIs with fidelity…
Descriptors: Intervention, Evidence Based Practice, Accountability, Outcome Measures
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Le Menestrel, Suzanne M.; Walahoski, Jill S.; Mielke, Monica B. – American Journal of Evaluation, 2014
The 4-H youth development organization is a complex public--private partnership between the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture, the nation's Cooperative Extension system and National 4-H Council, a private, nonprofit partner. The current article is focused on a partnership approach to the…
Descriptors: Youth Programs, Evaluators, Cooperation, Evaluation Methods
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Jacobson, Miriam R.; Azzam, Tarek; Baez, Jeanette G. – American Journal of Evaluation, 2013
Although evaluation theorists over the last two decades have argued for the importance of including stakeholders from marginalized groups in program planning and research, little is known about the degree of inclusion in program evaluation practice. In particular, we know little about the type and level of inclusion of people with intellectual,…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Stakeholders, Content Analysis, Program Development
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Adams, Adrienne E.; Nnawulezi, Nkiru A.; Vandenberg, Lela – American Journal of Evaluation, 2015
From a utilization-focused evaluation perspective, the success of an evaluation is rooted in the extent to which the evaluation was used by stakeholders. This paper details the "Expectations to Change" (E2C) process, an interactive, workshop-based method designed to engage primary users with their evaluation findings as a means of…
Descriptors: Expectation, Stakeholders, Evaluation, Evaluation Utilization
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Penuel, William R.; Means, Barbara – American Journal of Evaluation, 2011
Major advances in the number, capabilities, and quality of state, national, and transnational databases have opened up new opportunities for evaluators. Both large-scale data sets collected for administrative purposes and those collected by other researchers can provide data for a variety of evaluation-related activities. These include (a)…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Data Analysis, Program Evaluation, Evaluators
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Thomas, Vinod – American Journal of Evaluation, 2010
After some 65 years of international development assistance, it is still difficult to show the effectiveness of aid in ways that are fully convincing. In part, this reflects inadequacies in the evaluation systems of the bilateral, multilateral, and global organizations that provide official development aid. Underlying these weaknesses often are a…
Descriptors: International Programs, Program Development, Economic Development, Program Evaluation
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Hendricks, Michael; Bamberger, Michael – American Journal of Evaluation, 2010
Each year a great many evaluations are conducted of international development efforts around the world. These development evaluations study projects, programs, country-wide portfolios, policy reform efforts, and other topics of interest to funders, governments, program managers, and other involved stakeholders. Although some of these evaluations…
Descriptors: Program Development, Economic Development, Program Evaluation, Evaluation Criteria
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