CRIM 220 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Program Evaluation, Impact Assessment, Scientific Realism
11 May 2019
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Begins with policy demands from institution or outsiders, which then must get on to the political agenda. An institution will assess goals and the available means to achieve the goals, and make inputs of staff, equipment, money, etc. The output is the production of a new policy, which has an impact. The impact is what the policy is trying to achieve, the output is what is done to achieve those goals. Impact assessment: determining whether a program achieved its intended goals ( are we doing the right things? ) Program evaluation: asks if the policy is being implemented as its supposed to and if goals are being met. Process evaluation: focuses on output, if the program is being implemented as planned ( are we doing things right? ) Goals may be difficult to concretely describe or may be conflicting, due to varying participants views on what should be done.
