1. Objectives for Session Twelve Evaluate and Discuss Evaluation Designs in Two Assigned Articles Formative Designs Due on Wednesday

2. Evaluating Evaluation Designs Summative evaluation, formative evaluation, or a summative-formative hybrid? What is the program theory? What is the implementation theory? How did the authors collect data? How did they select cases or observations?

3. Evaluating Evaluation Designs How would you evaluate the strength of the research design? Assess the validity and reliability of the data. Where could the design be improved? What would a more “ideal” study look like? When reading the article, what are the three most important insights generated about how administrators might improve program implementation?

4. Readings for Next Time Formative Design Proposal Due on Wednesday at the beginning of class – –10 to 12 pages double-spaced, 12 point font, 1 inch margins – –Cover sheet!!! Weiss, Chapter 14 Patton, “Power, Politics, and Ethics” Brown, J. Lynne and Nancy Ellen Kiernan. “Assessing the Subsequent Effect of A Formative Evaluation on a Program,” Evaluation and Program Planning, 24(2001): 129-43. Review Weiss, Chapters 2 and 3