NU FS377 Chapter Notes - Chapter Article on Program Evaluation : Summative Assessment, Impact Evaluation

• School: University of Alberta
• Department: Nutrition and Food Sciences
• Course: NU FS377
• Professor: Karena Apps Eccles

Document Summary

After all the effort put in to doing a community needs assessment and planning a program we want to evaluate the impact of said program. The scope and purpose of the evaluation depends on the questions being asked about the program. This means that one size does not fit all. Remember, evaluation happens at different stages of the program planning. Formative evaluation: aka pilot testing, the process of testing assessing certain elements of a program before it is fully implemented. Process evaluation: a measure of a programs activities that include how the program is being implemented. Focuses on how the program is being implemented and helps identify why programs are not effective. I(cid:373)pact evaluatio(cid:374): deter(cid:373)i(cid:374)atio(cid:374) id the progra(cid:373)"s (cid:373)ethods a(cid:374)d activities resulted in the desired changes in the clients (has to be tied to the programs goals and objectives as a short-term evaluation).