The Program Evaluation Standards
The Program Evaluation Standards

Author: Donald B. Yarbrough

Publisher: SAGE

Published: 2011

Total Pages: 385

ISBN-13: 1412986567

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Including a new section on evaluation accountability, this Third Edition details 30 standards which give advice to those interested in planning, implementing and using program evaluations.

National Evaluation of Safe Start Promising Approaches
National Evaluation of Safe Start Promising Approaches

Author: Lisa H. Jaycox

Publisher: RAND Corporation

Published: 2011-08-25

Total Pages: 82

ISBN-13: 9780833058225

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Safe Start Promising Approaches (SSPA) is the second phase of a community-based initiative focused on developing and fielding interventions to prevent and reduce the impact of children's exposure to violence. This report shares the results of SSPA, which was intended to implement and evaluate promising and evidence-based programs in 15 program sites across the country.

Principles and Practices for Federal Program Evaluation
Principles and Practices for Federal Program Evaluation

Author: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine

Publisher: National Academies Press

Published: 2017-09-30

Total Pages: 67

ISBN-13: 0309462754

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In October 2016, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine convened a 1-day public workshop on Principles and Practices for Federal Program Evaluation. The workshop was organized to consider ways to bolster the integrity and protect the objectivity of the evaluation function in federal agenciesâ€"a process that is essential for evidence-based policy making. This publication summarizes the presentations and discussions from the workshop.