Publisher's Synopsis
The key difference between community-based evaluation and othertypes of evaluation lies in understanding and accommodating theunique situations of communities, their leadership, their socialand political climates, and their perception of needs. This volumeof New Directions for Evaluation examines how to improve approachesto evaluation in community organizations, emphasizing the need toassess the fit between evaluators? skills and styles, and thecultural reality of communities. The author--experienced evaluatorsand community-based program leaders--describe choices aboutevaluation practice that are available to the evaluator, theprogram, and the community. They also present an effectiveevaluation prescreening tool, which has been successfully used tomatch evaluation plans with particular community program evaluationneeds, resources, and commitments.
This is the 83rd issue of the quarterly journal NewDirections for Evaluation.
