Posted: June 16th, 2015

‘evaluand’ identified in Assignment 1.

‘evaluand’ identified in Assignment 1.

•    The evaluation proposal is to be written as a plan for the actual conduct of an evaluation involving you as a central figure in the conduct of the evaluation.

•    The evaluation plan you develop should include consideration of:

•    ?The overall purpose of the evaluation (understanding or making
judgments;

•    The major focus of the evaluation – what is to be studied and the
kinds of issues the evaluation will address;

•    The approach together with an accessible statement on why this
particular approach is being used;

•    Means of gathering information and evidence;

•    Methods for analysing evidence (data) to produce findings;

•    The likely form of the final report and the dissemination of findings
and key audiences;

•    Issues likely to arise in the course of the evaluation;

•    Who will participate and how they will be selected and approached
to be involved;

•    The likely time commitments of informants and other participants;

•    The principles of procedure and ways in which confidential
information will be treated

•    Strategies for ameliorating tensions between evaluation processes
for improvement and evaluation procedures for accountability; and

•    The consistency of the approach with notions of inclusivity, staff
development practices and the facilitation of quality assurance
outcomes.