Conducting Assessments: Evaluating Programs, Facilities, Agencies and Organizations - Softcover

Frost, Dr. Bob

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0970247133 ISBN 13: 9780970247131

Publisher: Measurement International, 2011

Synopsis

In a concise 132 pages, Conducting Assessments describes the factors that lead to reliable, valid and trustworthy assessments and evaluations. It covers assessment principles and methods, as well as the tools and processes employed by some of the most advanced practitioners, all drawn from extensive practical experience and best practices across many fields where assessments are conducted. This book is ideal reading for students of evaluation and assessment, as well as practitioners and sponsors of assessments, with content that ranges from the most basic principles to some of the most vexing problems faced in the field. Includes: Part 1. Assessment Basics; Part 2. Conducting Quality Assessments; Part 3. The Evidence; Part 4. The Assessors; Part 5. The Process; Part 6. Assessment Principles and Best Practices; Part 7. Useful Tools and Models; and Part 8. Executing Assessment Projects.

About this title

About the Author

Conducting Assessments is the latest in Bob Frost's series of concise, practical books on measuring and improving performance. The others in this series include Crafting Strategy, Measuring Performance and Designing Metrics. Dr. Bob Frost is an author, speaker, and practicing consultant who manages assessment projects for clients and specializes in assisting programs, agencies and organizations in tracking and improving their performance. Dr. Frost's assessment, metrics, and process improvement approaches have been applied by a wide range of government, nonprofit, and private-sector organizations and agencies. He can be reached by e-mail at: rrfrost@gmail.com.

Edition details

• Publisher: Measurement International
• Publication date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0970247133
• ISBN 13: 9780970247131
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 132