REVIEWS OF INTRODUCTORY OVERVIEW MONOGRAPHS (FROM RESOURCE MATERIALS FOR COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAM EVALUATION - 2ND ED, 1977 BY WILLIAM A HARGREAVES - SEE NCJ-50680)

• NCJ Number: 50684
• Author(s): ANON
• Date Published: 1977
• Length: 4 pages
• Corporate Author: US Dept of Health, Education, and Welfare
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/
• Publication Type: Program/Project Evaluation
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

BOOK REVIEWS RELEVANT TO FORMATIVE AND SUMMATIVE EVALUATION PROCEDURES AND THE ROLE OF EVALUATORS ARE PRESENTED.

Abstract

FORMATIVE EVALUATION PRODUCES INFORMATION THAT IS FED BACK DURING THE DEVELOPMENT AND OPERATION OF A PROGRAM TO IMPROVE IT. SUMMATIVE EVALUATION IS PERFORMED AFTER A PROGRAM OR TYPE OF INTERVENTION HAS BEEN DEVELOPED AND PROVIDES INFORMATION ABOUT THE PROGRAM'S EFFECTIVENESS TO DECISIONMAKERS WHO ARE CONSIDERING ADOPTING THE PROGRAM. MUCH OF THE EVALUATION LITERATURE IS CONCERNED WITH SUMMATIVE EVALUATION. EIGHT BOOK REVIEWS ARE INCLUDED THAT DEAL WITH THE FOLLOWING ASPECTS OF EVALUATION: EVALUATION OF HUMAN SERVICE PROGRAMS, EVALUATION OF SOCIAL PROGRAMS, PROGRAM EVALUATION IN HEALTH FIELDS, EVALUATION RESEARCH, EDUCATION RESEARCH (PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE IN PUBLIC SERVICE AND SOCIAL ACTION PROGRAMS), SOCIAL PROGRAM EVALUATION (GUIDELINES FOR HEALTH, EDUCATION, AND WELFARE ADMINISTRATORS WITH REGARD TO MONITORING, SOCIAL RESEARCH, AND COST ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES), METHODS OF ASSESSING PROGRAM EFFECTIVENESS, AND PROGRAM EVALUATION (ALCOHOL, DRUG ABUSE, AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES). (DEP)