Child and Family Program Evaluation
Learning to Enjoy Complexity
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15029535 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Francine H Jacobs, Francine Jacobs (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2003 |
| Volume | 7 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 62-75 |
| Publication date | 2003-04-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Applied Developmental Science (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1088-8691 • E-ISSN: 1532-480X |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1207/s1532480xads0702_3 |
| OpenAlex | W1966968623 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 21 |
The demand for program evaluation has grown so dramatically over the past 20 years that virtually all programs-big and small, well-funded and grassroots, new and veteran-are now expected to undertake it. The current popularity of "outcomes-based accountability" provides a backdrop for this "cautionary tale" about the uses and misuses of evaluation, and the necessity to match evaluations more precisely to the characteristics of the programs themselves, and to the particular resources and constraints inherent in each evaluation context. The Five-Tiered Approach to Evaluation-applied to a statewide home visiting program for young families in Massachusetts-is offered as a conceptual framework for this "matching" process
Accountability · Business · Conceptual framework · Context (archaeology · Geography · Grassroots · Matching (statistics · Political science · Politics · Popularity · Process (computing · Process management · Program evaluation · Public relations · Social science · Sociology · Computer Science · Evaluation and Performance Assessment · Health Policy Implementation Science · Law · Medicine · Primary Care and Health Outcomes · Psychology · Public Administration · Social Psychology
Lessons from the Field. Continuous Quality Improvement
Using Programme Theory to Evaluate Complicated and Complex Aspects of Interventions
Consistency of outcomes of home-based family treatment in The Netherlands as an indicator of effectiveness
Once the door closes
Cultural relevance as program‐to‐community alignment
Stakeholder Participation and Utilization in Program Evaluation
Have we learned anything new about the use of evaluation
Inclusive evaluation
Comprehensive Community Initiatives
The government performance and results act
Learning from Experience
Toward Reform of Program Evaluation
The Limits of Social Policy
| Citations per year | 0.28 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2008 - 2023 (16) |
| Highly cited | No |