Trevisan, Michael S. <br/><br/>
Evaluability assessment :   improving evaluation quality and use / 
Michael S. Trevisan and Tamara M. Walser. 
 - Los Angeles :  SAGE,  2015. 
 - xii, 181 pages :  illustrations ;  23 cm. 
<br/><br/> Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Chapter 1: The Evaluability Assessment Story -- Early History -- Resurgence and Recent Developments -- Chapter Summary -- Chapter 2: Evaluability Assessment and Program Evaluation -- Evaluability Assessment as an Evaluation Approach -- Evaluation Purposes and Evaluability Assessment -- Expanded Evaluability Assessment Use -- The Relationship Between Evaluability Assessment and Other Evaluation Approaches -- Chapter Summary -- Chapter 3: Introducing Our Evaluability Assessment Model -- Rationale for Our Evaluability Assessment Model -- Overview of Evaluability Assessment Model Components -- Evaluability Assessment and Quality Evaluation -- Chapter Summary -- Chapter 4: Focusing the Evaluability Assessment -- Selecting an Evaluability Assessment Evaluator -- Secure Commitment -- Identify Purpose and Boundaries -- Respect for and Protection of Participants -- Importance of Stakeholder Involvement -- Communication, Collegiality, Teamwork -- Chapter Summary -- Chapter 5: Developing an Initial Program Theory -- The Role of Program Theory in Evaluability Assessment -- Why Develop a Program Theory? -- Representing a Program Theory: Past Perspective -- Considerations for Developing a Program Theory Model -- Using Program Documents and Stakeholder Input -- Arriving at an Initial Program Theory -- Chapter Summary -- Chapter 6: Gathering Feedback on Program Theory -- Why Collect Feedback Data? -- Evaluability Assessment Questions Addressed by Feedback Data -- Data Collection Methods for Evaluability Assessment -- Pulling it All Together -- Chapter Summary -- Chapter 7: Using the Evaluability Assessment -- Laying the Groundwork for Using the Evaluability Assessment -- Formulating Conclusions and Recommendations -- Funding Use vs. Process Use: A Key Distinction -- Communicating and Reporting Evaluability Assessment Findings -- Chapter Summary -- Chapter 8: Additional Considerations -- Using Evaluability Assessment With Other Evaluation Activities -- Modifying the Evaluability Assessment -- Including Quantitative Methods in the Evaluability Assessment -- Tailoring Evaluability Assessment Given Context -- Evaluability Assessment as an Iterative Process -- Instructional Uses of Evaluability Assessment -- Metaevaluation Framework for Evaluability Assessment -- Chapter Summary 
<br/><br/> This book clarifies what EA actually is and how it can be used, demonstrates EA as an approach to evaluative inquiry with multidisciplinary and global appeal, and identifies and describes the purposes and benefits to using EA. Using case examples contributed by EA practitioners, the text illustrates important features of EA use, and showcases how EA is used in a variety of disciplines and evaluation contexts. This text is appropriate as an instructional text for graduate level evaluation courses and training, and as a resource for evaluation practitioners, policymakers, funding agencies, and professional training. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781452282442 
<br/><br/><label>Source: </label> Institutional Fund 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Evaluation research (Social action programs)<br/>Evaluation research (Social action programs)--Utilization.