submit a draft of your evaluation methodologies section. You will provide a comprehensive description of how your
organization (and potential funders) will know the program is successful. Items to consider include methods for measuring success, who will be performing the
evaluation, and how the methods will be selected. You should also include your plan for gathering data, using test instruments, analyzing data, using evaluation
for program improvements, and any specific evaluation reports that should be produced.
Specifically, the following critical elements must be addressed:
VI. Evaluation Methodologies
Provide a comprehensive description of how your organization (and potential funders) will know the program is successful. Items to consider include
methods for measuring success, who will be performing the evaluation, which two methods of evaluation will be used (you must include one type of
financial evaluation and one other evaluation method), and how the methods will be selected. You should also include your plan for gathering data,
including the identification of the sources from where the data will be acquired (CMS, quality data, leapfrog, turnover rates, etc.); analyzing data; using
evaluation for program improvements; and any specific evaluation reports that should be produced. Recall and incorporate different types of program
evaluation (process evaluation, outcome evaluation, formative evaluation, summative evaluation, cost-benefit evaluation, and cost-effectiveness
evaluation) from the program-evaluation course.
