Full Description
Over the course of 20 years and eight editions, the goals of the book have remained the same: to prepare students to participate in evaluative activities within their organizations, become beginning critical producers and consumers of the professional evaluative literature, and reap the benefits of more advanced evaluation courses and texts. The authors aim to meet these objectives by presenting a unique approach that is realistic, practical, applied, and userfriendly. Unlike other textbooks on the market, Program Evaluation for Social Workers presents both program-level evaluation and case-level evaluation methods; assuming that neither of these two distinct approaches alone adequately reflects the realities of the field, the book demonstrates how they caninstead complement each other. This integration of approaches provides an accessible, adaptable, and realistic framework for students and beginning practitioners to more easily grasp and implement in the real world.
Contents
PrefacePart I: Toward AccountabilityChapter 1. IntroductionChapter 2. Approaches and Types of EvaluationsChapter 3. The Evaluation ProcessPart II: Evaluation Standards, Ethics, and CultureChapter 4. Evaluation StandardsChapter 5. Evaluation EthicsChapter 6. The Culturally Competent EvaluatorPart III: The Social Work ProgramChapter 7. Designing a ProgramChapter 8. Theory of Change and Program Logic ModelsChapter 9. Evidence-Based ProgramsPart IV: Doing EvaluationsChapter 10. Preparing for an EvaluationChapter 11. Needs AssessmentsChapter 12. Process EvaluationsChapter 13. Outcome EvaluationsChapter 14. Efficiency EvaluationsPart V: Gathering Credible EvidenceChapter 15. Measuring Program OutcomesChapter 16. Using Common Evaluation DesignsChapter 17. Collecting Data and Selecting a SampleChapter 18. Training and Supervising Data CollectorsPart VI: Making Decisions with DataChapter 19. Using Data-Information SystemsChapter 20. Making DecisionsChapter 21. Effective Communication and ReportingGlossaryReferencesCreditsIndex
