1st Edition

Designing and Implementing Effective Evaluations Comprehensive Case Studies in Program Evaluation

Edited By Kenneth J. Linfield, Steven Kniffley Copyright 2023
108 Pages 3 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

108 Pages 3 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

108 Pages 3 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Designing and Implementing Effective Evaluations provides extensive real-life examples of program evaluations that illustrate the various elements and steps in conducting a successful evaluation. The detailed and diverse range of case studies show the common elements, methods, approaches, and processes of program evaluations, while also demonstrating the way that good evaluators adapt and tailor... Read more

Foreword

Chapter 1 – Introduction - Kenneth J. Linfield, Steven Kniffley

Chapter 2 – Negotiating the Complexity of Context in Evaluation - Bianca Montrosse-Moorhead, Jennie M. Weiner

Chapter 3 – Professional and Interpersonal Competencies in an Evaluation Capacity Building Collective Impact Project- Leanne Kallemeyn, Jay Wade

Chapter 4 – ‘Dream big, believe in yourself, and keep moving forward’ ManaiaSAFE Forestry School Pilot Kaupapa Māori Evaluation- Marg Wilke, Christine Roseveare, Henry Koia

Chapter 5 – The TCS School Program Evaluation- Elissa Frazier, Leanne Kallemeyn

Chapter 6 – Leveraging Cultural Humility in the Evaluation Process to Facilitate the Healing of Organizational Trauma- Steven Kniffley

Chapter 7 – The Path to the Future- Kenneth J. Linfield

Chapter 8 – Reflecting on the cases and looking ahead- Steven Kniffley, Kenneth J. Linfield

Biography

Steven D. Kniffley Jr., PsyD MPA ABPP, is Spalding University’s Chief Diversity Officer, an Associate Professor in Spalding University’s School of Professional Psychology, and Coordinator for the Collective Care Center Racial Trauma Clinic. His area of expertise is research and clinical work with Black males and the treatment of race based stress and trauma, and he was selected as one of Louisville’s top 40 under 40 for 2020.

Kenneth J. Linfield, PhD, is a Professor Emeritus at Spalding University, Louisville, Kentucky, where he has taught the Program Evaluation course in the doctoral program for the past 13 years. He has been involved in the CASE Collaborative – an international group of evaluators working to promote the use of cases in evaluation teaching and learning.

"This book provides concrete examples of evaluation practice, described as complete cases. Its chapters will certainly be useful to evaluation instructors as well as students interested in how evaluations are conceptualized, how they attend to contextual issues, and how they can benefit program stakeholders."

Isabelle Bourgeois, Ph.D., Professeure agrégée | Associate Professor, Chercheuse principale, LaboÉval