Handbook of Practical Program Evaluation [Paperback]

The second edition of Handbook of Practical Program Evaluation offers managers, analysts, consultants, and educators in government, nonprofit, and private institutions a valuable resource that outlines efficient and economical methods for assessing program results and identifying ways to improve program performance. The Handbook has been thoroughly revised.  Many new chapters have been prepared for this edition, including chapters on logic modeling and on evaluation applications for small nonprofit organizations. The Handbook of Practical Program Evaluation is a comprehensive resource on evaluation, covering both in-depth program evaluations and performance monitoring.  It presents evaluation methods that will be useful at all levels of government and in nonprofit organizations.

Figures, Tables, and Exhibits xi

Preface xvii

The Editors xix

The Contributors xxiii

Meeting the Need for Practical Evaluation Approaches: An Introduction xxxiii
Kathryn E. Newcomer, Harry P. Hatry, Joseph S. Wholey

Part One: Designing Performance Monitoring Systems and Evaluation Studies 1

1. Using Logic Models 7
John A. McLaughlin, Gretchen B. Jordan

2. Evaluability Assessment 33
Joseph S. Wholey

3. Implementation Evaluation 63
Arnold Love

4. Performance Monitoring 98
Theodore H. Poister

5. Quasi-Experimentation 126
Charles S. Reichardt, Melvin M. Mark

6. Using Randomized Experiments 150
Robert G. St. Pierre

7. Meta-Analysis, Systematic RevielC<