Please follow instructions below also I will attach documentation.
The evaluation design proposal should be 3 to 5 pages and be in memo format.
Single spaced, using the templates provided.
You should use APA style for citations and references,
It must be in the Action memorandum formal government format. I have attached the memorandum templates so that you can see .
Education
No Child Left Behind
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Evaluation Design Proposal
Review the agency website, associated documents and enabling regulations or rules. Then proceed to develop an impact evaluation design proposal for the agency director that involves the following:
a) Present and discuss an impact evaluation question you will be attempting to
answer as part of the analysis. Explain what the program does and the social
problem it addresses. In other words, how is the program supposed to rectify or
alleviate the problem?
b) Describe how you would verify whether the program is based on a thorough
assessment of need. Be sure to (i) address how you would determine the extent
to which this particular social problem or condition exists in the community
where the program operates, (ii) define the target population and target
boundaries for the program, (iii) identify pertinent internal and external
stakeholders – particularly service recipients/beneficiaries, and (iv) broadly
describe the service needs of the target population.
c) Describe the program theory (purpose, mission, goals, objectives) and identify its
critical components and functions. Be sure to explain how you would propose
to assess the program’s (i) impact theory, (ii) its service utilization plan, (iii) its
organizational plan.
d) Design a strategy for assessing the program’s process or implementation. This
involves addressing questions such as: what data-collection tools would you
propose to use in order to determine how well the program is delivering its
services? Also include a discussion of the presentation methods you would
engage in to review the data. Emphasis should be placed on mechanisms for
monitoring target population coverage.
e) Identify, define, and explain what measures will be applied to examine key
program proximal and distal outcomes.
f) Design a strategy (evaluation research methodology) for assessing the program’s
impact — for example, randomized field experiment versus non-random quasiexperimental
design. Be sure to discuss the strengths and limitations of your
impact assessment strategy as it relates to potential sources of bias and threats to
internal validity.
g) Consider whether cost-benefit analysis or cost effectiveness analysis would be
appropriate to use in finishing off your review. Explain which you would choose
(if any). Explain your choice, and briefly outline how you might go about
implementing such a review.
h) Discuss three possible results that might emerge from your impact evaluation,
and what these different possibilities would mean to your original impact
evaluation question.
(2) The evaluation design proposal should be 3 to 5 pages and be in memo format.
Single spaced, using the templates provided.
You should use APA style for citations and references.
5-7 sources can be used or more if needed
