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Program Evaluation
Published in Pierre Langlois, Geneviève Gauthier, Canadian Energy Efficiency Outlook, 2020
EE program evaluation is the process of determining and documenting the results, benefits, and lessons learned from an EE program. The objective is not to penalize stakeholders involved in evaluating programs (designer, implementer, funder, etc.), but rather to promote continual improvements in program delivery.
If deliberation is the answer, what is the question? Objectives and evaluation of public participation and engagement in science and technology
Published in Journal of Responsible Innovation, 2023
Jesse L. Reynolds, Eric B. Kennedy, Jonathan Symons
Finally, as we’ve articulated above, many of the substantive and deontological justifications for PP&E highlight the importance of attending to expertise: generally, expertise within the publics that have often been overlooked. But, conducting methodologically rigorous program evaluation is also a specialism that requires extensive expertise – and distinctively different expertises than those required to run such programs. Because evaluations are, at present, largely conducted by specialists in planning PP&E efforts rather than those trained in evaluation methodologies, basic methodological problems can be unfortunately common, such as using skewed scales that pre-load success; fostering bias through framing, researcher demand, acquiescence, and social desirability; and failure to benchmark against controls. Just as PP&E recognizes that various publics bring important expertise to decision-making tables, avoiding epistemic trespassing into program evaluation is also important (Ballantyne 2019) and can be achieved by commissioning evaluation specialists rather than risking accusations of self-promotion and moving goalposts.
Evaluation of a Comprehensive Farm-to-School Program: Parent and Teacher Perspectives
Published in Journal of Hunger & Environmental Nutrition, 2020
Marie Barnard, Georgianna Mann, Eleanor Green, Emma Tkachuck, Kathy Knight
The evaluation employed a community-based participatory research approach to conduct a program evaluation examining the implementation and impact of the GFOS program. Program stakeholders, including the program director, child nutrition staff, the program advisory board, and district parents, participated in the development of the evaluation questions, survey instruments, and interpretation of the survey data. The stakeholders wanted to know: Do parents/caregivers value healthy eating? How satisfied with the program are parents/caregivers and teachers? What impact do parents/caregivers and teachers think the program is having on the students and the teachers? How well is the program functioning, and what opportunities are there for program improvement? These questions were developed in order to guide program planning and refinement after grant funding ended.
Construction and practice of a conservation plan implementation evaluation system for historic villages
Published in Journal of Asian Architecture and Building Engineering, 2019
In this study, a theoretical conception of an evaluation system for conservation plan implementation for historic villages was proposed based on a review of the current studies regarding conservation plan implementation evaluations. The system proposed the use of evaluation indexes, an evaluation process, and evaluation contents of the three stages in the implementation of a conservation plan: pre-implementation program evaluation, implementation process evaluation, and implementation result evaluation. Then, the Tangwei historic village in Dongguan was used as an example to conduct the conservation plan implementation evaluation. The proposed system combines theory with practice in order to reflect on the conservation of urban and rural historical and cultural heritage sites from the perspective of implementation. Understanding the rationality and effectiveness of a conservation plan will promote more effective protection of cultural heritage sites.