1. Whatis a ProgramEvaluation?First ,we´llconsider ¨whatis a program? Typically,organizationsworkfromtheirmissiontoidentifyseveraloverallgoalswhichmustbereachedtoaccomplishtheirmission.Programevaluationiscarefullycollectinginformationabout a programorsomeaspect of a program in ordertomakeneccesarydesicionsabouttheprogram. Thisincludeabout 35 differenttypes of evaluation.

2. Basic ingredients:Oganizations and Program(s).YouneedanOrganization:Thismayseemtooobvioustodiscuss, butbeforeanorganizationembarksonevaluatingprogram, itshouldhavewellestablishedmeanstoconductitself as anorganization.YouProgram(s):Toeffectivelyconductprogramevaluation,youshouldfirsthaveprograms.

3. PlanningYourProgramEvaluaiton.DependsonWhatinformationYouneedtoMakeYourDecision and OnYourResources.Itdependswhatinformationyouneedtocollect in ordertomakemajordecisions.Condiderthekeyquestionwhendesigning a programevaluation.Whatitistheporpuse?Who are theaudiences?Whatkind of informationweneedtoelavoratedthe plan?Whenistheinformationneeded?Whatresources are availabletocollecttheinformation?

5. Interviews

6. Documentationreviewe

7. Observation

8. Focusgroups

12. Tabulatetheiformation.

13. Considercomputing a mean, oravarage,foreachquestion

15. Interpretinginformation: puttheinformation in perspective, considerrecommendationstohelpaboutprogrammoperationormeetinggoals, conclusion and recommendation in a reportdocument.

16. ReportingEvalutionResults:thecontentdependontowhomthereportisintended.