Program Evaluation: Benefits and Concerns of Stakeholders
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SOCIAL WORK
SOCW-6311-SOCIAL WORK PRACTICE RESEARCH II
Discussion: Program Evaluation: Benefits and Concerns of Stakeholders
Dudley (2020) points out that social work practice is usually embedded in programs. While you looked at practice evaluation using single-subject design in Week 3, this week, you shift focus to program evaluation. Program evaluation serves many purposes, including accountability to funders and to the public. Often, funding sources such as government agencies or private foundations requires periodic program evaluations. These evaluations can help provide answers to many different questions, and can contribute to improvement of services. There are a variety of program evaluation models that are appropriate for addressing different questions as well as facilitating the collection and analysis of many different types of data.
To prepare for this Discussion, identify a program within an agency with which you are familiar, which could benefit from process evaluation and outcome evaluation. You do not need to identify the agency in your post. Also, review the different evaluation models highlighted in this week’s resources (needs assessment, program monitoring, client satisfaction study, outcome evaluation, or cost benefit study).
By Day 3
Post a brief summary of the program that you selected. Recommend a program evaluation model that would answer a question relevant to the program. Explain the potential benefits of the program evaluation that you proposed (both process and outcome). Identify 2–3 concerns that stakeholders might have about your proposed evaluation and how you would address those concerns. Then explain 2–3 concerns that stakeholders may have about your proposed program evaluation and how you would address those concerns.
Be sure to support your responses with specific references to the resources. If you are using additional articles, be sure to provide full APA-formatted citations for your references both within the text and on the referencing section. PLEASE ALWAYS INCLUDE THE REQIRED TEXTBOOK as part of the references and if possible some of the REQUIRED READING if applicable. Please always start by referring to THE TEXTBOOK, below
REQUIRED TEXTBOOK
Social Work Evaluation: Enhancing What We Do 3RD 20
Author: Dudley, James R.
ISBN-13: 978-0-19-091665-7
ISBN-10: 0-19-091665-6
Edition/Copyright: 3RD 20
Publisher: Lyceum Books, Inc.
Learning Resources
Required Readings
Dudley, J. R. (2020). Social work evaluation: Enhancing what we do (3rd ed.) Oxford University Press.
• Chapter 1, “Evaluation and Social Work: Making the Connection” (pp. 3–26)
• Chapter 4, “Common Types of Evaluations” (pp. 78-95)
• Chapter 5, “Focusing an Evaluation” (pp. 96-110)
Document: Logan, T. K., & Royse, D. (2010). Program evaluation studies. In B. Thyer (Ed.), The handbook of social work research methods (2nd ed., pp. 221–240). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage. (PDF)
Copyright 2010 by Sage Publications, Inc.
Reprinted by permission of Sage Publications, Inc. via the Copyright Clearance Center.
W. K. Kellogg Foundation. (20
Chapter 6, “Determine Stakeholders and Engage Them in Evaluation”
• Chapter 7, “Developing a Logic Model, Evaluation Questions, “Measurement Framework, and Evaluation Plan”
• Chapter 8, “Data Collection and Analysis”
• Chapter 9, “Summarize, Communicate and Reflection on Evaluation Findings”
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