Evaluation Theory and Practice: Comparing Program Evaluation and Evaluation in Planning

Guyadeen, Dave; Seasons, Mark

doi:10.1177/0739456x16675930

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“…One significant factor identified as causal in this under‐utilisation of evaluation is the greater value placed on preparation of plans over other aspects of planning (Guyadeen & Seasons, ). This bias appears to be ingrained within the practice of planning, with training courses focussing more on plan creation than evaluation (Balas, ).…”

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Outcome‐focussed planning in Australian local government: How council plans and cultural development plans measure up

Uppal

Dunphy

2019

Aust J Public Adm

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Contemporary public policy increasingly emphasises a focus on outcomes, the difference that occurs in the lives of citizens from policy and activity of government. Other contemporary imperatives for effective planning include: recognition of the values of the community whom plans serve, direction towards goals and objectives, utilisation of evidence, articulation of theories of change that underpin planning and responsiveness to evaluation. This article reports a desk‐based research project to assess how local government planning documents meet these imperatives. Two documents are examined for 67 councils across Australia: the major strategic document, council plan or other‐named document and the cultural development plan (CDP) or other‐named document that directs staff and investment aimed at cultural enrichment of the LGA. Findings indicate that the majority of councils’ documents appeared only concordant with one or two of these planning imperatives. No plan addressed more than three. Overall, council plans and cultural development plans did not clearly indicate their responsiveness to values of their communities, nor include objectives that formed measurable steps towards goals or formally refer to the use of evidence in decision‐making. No plans included theories of change to underpin decision‐making. This analysis indicates clear areas of improvement for planning for local governance.

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Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

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Outcome‐focussed planning in Australian local government: How council plans and cultural development plans measure up

Uppal

Dunphy

2019

Aust J Public Adm

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“…3-Approaches that emphasize the role of stakeholders are the majority in the program evaluation approaches in the study (Dart, 2004;Fitzpatrick, Sanders ve Worthen, 2004;Guyadeen ve Seasons, 2016;House, 1990;Nevo, 1983;Patton, 1995;Scriven, 1967;Stufflebeam, 1999).…”

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Eğitimde Program Değerlendirme Yaklaşımlarına Genel Bir Bakış

Demirtaş¹

2017

Sakarya University Journal of Education

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eğitim programının değerlendirilmesine dönük, alan yazında yer alan program değerlendirme yaklaşımlarından bazıları ele alınmıştır. Bir eğitim programının taslak, uygulama ve ürün olarak hedeflenen düzeye ne kadar ulaştığı, ulaşmamış ise eksik veya hatanın nerede olduğunu belirlemeye dönük yapılan çalışma, program değerlendirme olarak ifade edilebilir. Bu süreç, program geliştirmede bir zorunluluktur çünkü bir eğitim programı yeni gelişme, değişme, bilgi, anlayış, teknoloji gibi durumlardan etkilenen ve bu durumlara göre kendisini yeniden inşa etmek ya da güncellemek zorunda olan dirik bir yapıdır. Bu çerçevede, bir eğitim programının değerlendirilmesi, program geliştirme uzmanlarına, bilim uzmanlarına, öğretmenlere, yöneticilere, eğitim politikaları üretenlere, ailelere ve sivil toplum kuruluşları gibi pek çok paydaşa dönüt vermesi açısından önemli olduğu düşünülmektedir. Derleme yöntemi ile gerçekleştirilen çalışmada, alan yazında yer alan on program değerlendirme yaklaşımının temel özelliklerine yer verilmiştir. Abstract. In this study, some of the program evaluation approaches in literature directed to evaluation of a curriculum are investigated. Program evaluation is a study that investigates a program in terms of reaching the target level at what rate as draft, practice and product and it tries to find if it does not reach the target level, what the problem or deficiency is. It is a necessity for program evaluation. Because, a program is a system affected by situations as new developments, changes, data, perceptions, technology and it is a dynamic system that has to build or update itself according to these situations. In this context, a curriculum evaluation is important in terms of giving feedback to many partners as program development experts, scientists, teachers, managers, education policy makers, families, and nongovernmental organizations. This study is performed with collecting method and it represents basic features of ten program evaluation approaches in literature.

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“…Evaluation plays a key role in the planning cycle as it helps planners assess the progress made through the implementation of the objectives [7,8]. Hence, it is a means to improve the planning process by providing information for further evidencebased policy making [9].…”

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Are spatial planning objectives reflected in the evolution of urban landscape patterns? A framework for the evaluation of spatial planning outcomes

Grădinaru¹,

Iojă²,

Pătru-Stupariu³

et al. 2017

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Abstract:The evaluation of spatial planning results, or outcomes, has been rather neglected by scholars and practitioners. The causes of this neglect are linked to the characteristics of the planning systems in use or difficulties in quantifying results. To advance the state of the art of outcome evaluation, this paper focuses on assessing the implementation of national spatial planning objectives in urban landscapes, through the use of an evaluation framework that makes use of spatially explicit information. The framework is built on four dimensions which reflect the main domains of spatial planning: efficient built-up development, conservation of agricultural land, landscape preservation, and human perception. Indicators capable of capturing landscape changes in both time and space are used to verify degree of conformance between adopted objectives and actual development patterns. We make use of spatially explicit data and assess whether and where landscape changes occurred, by integrating the framework into a multi-criteria analysis. In the present study, the framework is tested in two study areas in Switzerland and Romania, and the results are interpreted from the perspective of spatial planning approaches in the two countries. The efficiency and utility of the framework is demonstrated by its ability to provide valuable information facilitating improvement in the performance of planning processes, such as identifying where the implementation of objectives is less effective, and the domains of spatial planning that are affected. Our findings highlight that the distance between objectives and outcomes can be attributed to differences in countries' spatial planning approaches, particularly regarding landscape preservation and management. Our study provides valuable insights for the integration of time series of spatial data into the evaluation procedure.Key words: planning evaluation; spatial planning objectives; urban landscape; spatial multi-criteria analysis; romania; switzerland. Highlights:Preprints ( Peer-reviewed version available at Sustainability 2017, 9, 1279; doi:10.3390/su9081279 2• We propose a framework to verify conformance between planning intentions and outcomes • Planning objectives are partially reflected in land change patterns• The distance between intentions and outcomes is attributed to national planning approaches• Results show the efficiency and utility of the framework in a case study analysis

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Evaluation Theory and Practice: Comparing Program Evaluation and Evaluation in Planning

Cited by 95 publications

References 66 publications

Outcome‐focussed planning in Australian local government: How council plans and cultural development plans measure up

Outcome‐focussed planning in Australian local government: How council plans and cultural development plans measure up

Eğitimde Program Değerlendirme Yaklaşımlarına Genel Bir Bakış

Are spatial planning objectives reflected in the evolution of urban landscape patterns? A framework for the evaluation of spatial planning outcomes

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