Program Evaluation

What is it?
What is its purpose?
Who needs the results?
Who should carry it out?
How to do it?
Doing Program
Evaluation
 The “20-80” rule:

20% – effort
80% – results generated

the average effort is better than

no Program Evaluation at all
 Purpose

Audiences, What Info is

needed, Where to collect,
How to collect and Resources
 Planning:
Gathering Evaluation Data
(Quantitative, Qualitative & Both)
Selection of Methods
(questionnaires, surveys, checklists,
interview, documentation review,
observation, focus groups, & case
studies)
Analyzing and Interpreting Info
Reporting Evaluation Results
 Gathering Data:
Quantitative
Bits of information that are
countable and are gathered
using measures that produce
results in the form of
numbers.
 Existing Information (Records
analysis and Systems)
Tests (Proficiency, Placement,
Diagnostic, Achievement)
Observations (Inventories)
Interview (Individual and Group)
Questionnaires (Biodata survey,
Opinion survey, Self-ratings,
Judgmental ratings and Q-sort)
 Qualitative
Consist of information that is
more holistic than quantitative
data

Often based on observations that

do not readily lend themselves to
conversation into quantities or
 Existing Information (records
analysis and letter writing)
Observations (Case and diary
studies, behavior observation and
interactional analyses)
Interview (Individual and Group)
Meetings (Delphi technique and
Advisory)
Questionnaires (Opinion survey)
Using both Quantitative
and Qualitative

Oral Test
content , fluency and pronunciation
&
behavior and thinking
 Analyzing :
Quantitative:
1.Make copies of data aside from
Master copy
2.Tabulate
3.Rate and Rank by computing
4.Consider conveying range of
answers
 Qualitative:
1. Read through all data
2. Organize comments into similar
categories
3. Label categories and themes
4. Identify patterns, associations and
causal relationships
5. Keep records for future reference
 Interpreting:
1. Put information in a
perspective
2. Consider recommendations,
conclusions, etc.
3. Record recommendations and
conclusions in a report document
Reporting Evaluation Results:
1.Level and scope of content
2. Give review and discussion
opportunity. Translate reco
mmendations to action plans.
3. Executive Summary
4. Keep a record for future
reference
*End.