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Evaluation methods are an important part of applied education research.

Contents 1 Evaluation vs. academic research 2 Federal policy of evidence-based practices 3 Logic Models: Assessing program theory as a prelude to designing evaluations 4 Evaluation Models 5 Needs Assessments 6 Process Evaluations and Program Monitoring Studies 7 Evaluation standards: Utility, Accuracy, Propriety, Feasibility

[edit] Evaluation vs. academic research

• Social programs, policies, interventions
• Stakeholders, evaluators, sponsors, target populations
• Formative and summative evaluations—a typology of different evaluations based on purposes.

[edit] Federal policy of evidence-based practices

• What Works Clearinghouse standards. Meta-analyses
• Evaluation case analysis of a supplemental instruction program.

[edit] Logic Models: Assessing program theory as a prelude to designing evaluations

• Identifying links to examine and interpreting findings in light of program theory

[edit] Evaluation Models

• A taxonomy
• Stakeholder and evaluator relationships
• Proponents and historical applications

[edit] Needs Assessments

[edit] Process Evaluations and Program Monitoring Studies

[edit] Evaluation standards: Utility, Accuracy, Propriety, Feasibility