Designing and Implementing Effective Evaluations: Comprehensive Case Studies in Program Evaluation

Designing and Implementing Effective Evaluations provides extensive real-life examples of program evaluations that illustrate the various elements and steps in conducting a successful evaluation. The detailed and diverse range of case studies show the common elements, methods, approaches, and processes of program evaluations, while also demonstrating the way that good evaluators adapt and tailor those methods to the specific characteristics and needs of a given program.

The chapters explore the process of problem solving while navigating multiple stakeholders, competing agendas, and varying environments. The book introduces conversations concerning how to adapt evaluation processes and concepts with culturally different individuals and communities. It discusses the role of culture in navigating a meaningful evaluation process when significant cultural differences exist between the evaluator and individuals that make up the organization.

The text is a vital resource for postgraduate students in program evaluation courses in Psychology, Education, Public Health, Social Work and related fields.

Steven D. Kniffley Jr., PsyD MPA ABPP, is Spalding University’s Chief Diversity Officer, an Associate Professor in Spalding University’s School of Professional Psychology, and Coordinator for the Collective Care Center Racial Trauma Clinic. His area of expertise is research and clinical work with Black males and the treatment of race based stress and trauma, and he was selected as one of Louisville’s top 40 under 40 for 2020.

Kenneth J. Linfield, PhD, is a Professor Emeritus at Spalding University, Louisville, Kentucky, where he has taught the Program Evaluation course in the doctoral program for the past 13 years. He has been involved in the CASE Collaborative – an international group of evaluators working to promote the use of cases in evaluation teaching and learning.