Handbook of Practical Program Evaluation

by Joseph S. Wholey (editor), Harry P. Hatry (Editor), Kathryn E. Newcomer (Editor)

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. Th e 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.

Genres: Nonfiction, Research, Research Methods

720 pages, Hardcover

First published June 2, 1994

Reviews

[fc7reads · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book was required reading for a course. I found it dry and did not enjoy reading it. I cannot deny, however, that it left me with a much better grasp on and knowledge of the topic of program evaluation.

[Joy · Rating 5 out of 5]

Read this during my masters program, and it was pretty foundational for me, in understanding program evaluation. A few years later I would study under Newcomer (one of the authors), and apply a lot of this knowledge to my work at GAO.

[Amber · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book is very thorough and gives just about all the information you could need related to program evaluation. It wasn't the right choice for my course this semester though, as it was a bit overwhelming for my students to get through.

[Kennedy · Rating 3 out of 5]

Really useful and relevant if you are into evaluation! I would have appreciated more cases or practical applications, but I made it through this thing (and the class it was for, almost) and that’s what matters.

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[Katterley · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book gave me some great ideas, and really helped me expand and solidify ideas that I already had. I believe what I've learned will help me write better grants as well as develop better program evaluations. I'm excited about the possibilities!

[Heather · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book is a great resource if you are a program evaluator or need find one or choose from several RFPs.

[Liz · Rating 3 out of 5]

Very dry but practical information on evaluating a program.

[Jeffrey · Rating 2 out of 5]

With a title like that it has to be...nope, it's still about program evaluation.