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Schedule |
Fall
2010 |
August 16 – December 2, 2010 |
| Units/Topics/Dates |
Readings/Assignments |
Unit 1 Course Introduction and Introduction to Program Evaluation
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- Rossi text, Chapter 1. An Overview of Program Evaluation
- Ingraham text, Chapter 1 Management, Capacity, and Performance
- Herr text, Chapter 1. Introduction: What is an Action Research Dissertation?
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| DPA Weekend August 20-21, 2010 |
| Unit 2: Which Evaluation Method is Right for Your Program? |
- Rossi Chapter 2. Tailoring Evaluations
- Ingraham Chapter 2 Dissecting Management
- Herr Chapter 2. Action Research Traditions and Knowledge Interests
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| Unit 3: Getting Started with Program Evaluation |
- Rossi Chapter 3. Identifying Issues and Formulating Questions
- Ingraham Chapter 3 Assessing Management
- Herr Chapter 3. The Continuum of Positionality in Action Research
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| August 30-September 11, 2010 |
Informal Discussions of Possible Project Topics |
| Unit 4: Does the Organization Need a Program? |
- Rossi Chapter 4. Assessing the Need for a Program
- Ingraham Chapter 4 Research Methodology
- Herr Chapter 4. Quality Criteria for Action Research
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| Unit 5: Putting Program Evaluation to Work |
- Rossi Chapter 5. Expressing and Assessing Program Theory
- Ingraham Chapter 5 State and Local Findings
- Herr Chapter 5. Designing the Plane While Flying it: Proposing and Doing the Dissertation
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| Unit 6: Evaluation During Program Implementation |
- Rossi Chapter 6. Assessing and Monitoring Program Process
- Ingraham Chapter 6 Federal Results
- Herr Chapter 6. What Does an Action Research Dissertation Look Like?
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| Unit 7: Data Collection for Program Evaluation |
- Rossi Chapter 7. Measuring and Monitoring Program Outcomes
- Ingraham Chapter 7 The Big Lessons
- Herr Chapter 7. Action Research, Ethics, and the Institutional Review Board
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| Unit 8: Evaluation of the Program after Completion |
- Rossi Chapter 8. Assessing Program Impact: Randomized Field Experiments
- Ingraham Chapter 8 Next Steps
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| September 20-October 2, 2010 |
Research Proposal Presentations |
| Unit 9: Other Program Evaluation Methods |
- Rossi Chapter 9. Assessing Program Impact: Alternative Designs
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| Fall Break October 18-19, 2010 |
| Unit 10: Dealing with Results |
- Rossi Chapter 10. Detecting, Interpreting, and Analyzing Program Effects
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| October 25, 2010 |
Written Research Proposals Due |
Unit 11: Efficiency as a Variable
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- Rossi Chapter 11. Measuring Efficiency
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| Unit 12: External Factors in Program Evaluation |
- Rossi Chapter 12. The Social Context of Evaluation
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| Thanksgiving Holidays November 22-27, 2010
University Closed/No Class Meetings
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| Units 13-14: Case Completion |
Presentations & Review/Evaluation of Projects |
| November 8 - December 2, 2010 |
Final Presentations & Course Wrap-Up |
| December 2, 2010 |
Research Papers Due |