Program Evaluation

"Program Evaluation, Third Edition," provides a conceptual and practical overview of the evaluation process in real-world educational, organizational, and social service settings. Using an issues-driven perspective, Owen helps students and practitioners compare and select from an array of evaluation approaches by providing an original conceptual framework for the five major forms of evaluative inquiry: proactive, clarificative, interactive, monitoring, and impact.New to This Edition: *Incorporates advances in evaluation research.*New examples of good practice in the United States and around the world.*Chapter on evaluation management.*Discussions of negotiation theory, evidence-based practice, performance auditing and management, and realistic evaluation.

John M. Owen is Principal Fellow at the Centre for Program Evaluation at the University of Melbourne, Australia.

1. Evaluation Fundamentals 2. The Nature of Interventions: What We Evaluate 3. Focusing Evaluative Inquiry: Evaluation Forms and Approaches 4. Negotiation and Evaluation Planning 5. From Evaluation Questions to Evaluation Findings 6. From Evaluation Findings to Utilization 7. Managing Evaluation 8. Codes of Behavior for Evaluators 9. Proactive Evaluation 10. Clarificative Evaluation 11. Interactive Evaluation 12. Monitoring Evaluation 13. Impact Evaluation