Evaluations

Question 1

Types of Evaulations

Answer 1

• Formative Evaluation
• Outcome Evaluation
• Summative Evaluation
• Meta-evaluation

Question 2

Formative Evaluation

Answer 2

Evaluates the program planning to improve performance during the implementation phase (also referred to as a mid-term evaulation)

Question 3

Outcome Evaluation

Answer 3

Measures the results of the program to assess how it has achieved outcomes. An outcome evaluation asks “did we do what we set out to do?”

Question 4

Summative Evaluation

Answer 4

Evaluates the effectiveness of the program impacts. This goes beyond the outcome evaluation to conceptualize whether the outcomes really made a difference

Question 5

Meta-evaluation

Answer 5

Evaluates an evaluation or commutes the finding from several evaluations (what did these evaluations find over a 10 year period)