Final Project Evaluation Report
Your Final Project will be 15–20 pages, not including title page, abstract, or references. You must include at least 15 sources and the following elements:
Introduction
· Include a description of your original Clarksville social issue and your original Clarksville social program to address this issue.
· Describe the new service, program, or population to service with your Clarksville program. Analyze how you will meet the needs of culturally diverse clientele.
Needs Assessment
· Develop a needs assessment that addresses the following questions for your updated service or population:
. What is the problem that needs to be addressed? Who are the stakeholders who are invested in the social problem you have identified?
. What is the extent of the problem? How is the community affected? Is this a new problem in the community? How has the issue been addressed previously? Why does the problem continue? What services, if any, are available that address the need?
. What types of data will you use for your needs assessment?
. Who is the target population?
. How will your needs assessment be used to bring about changes in the community?
Logic Model
· Create a logic model for the updated service or population for the Clarksville community.
. Describe the inputs, outputs, and outcomes are represented in your model.
. Describe the approach you used to create your logic model.
. Analyze how your logic model can be used to conduct research.
Process Evaluation
· Conduct a process evaluation for your program. Be sure to address the updated services and populations.
. Identify and describe the target population
. Identify and describe any challenges in processes
. Identify and describe any challenges in the resources
. Identify appropriate data sources
. Make recommendations on how the program can be run more effectively
Outcome Evaluation
· Apply a group research design method to plan an outcome evaluation of your updated Clarksville program(s) and populations.
. Describe a group research design method applicable to planning your outcome evaluation.
. Describe your approach (using the appropriate research terminology), your plans for randomization (if appropriate), and your groups.
. Describe possible threats to the validity of your study.
Qualitative, Quantitative, and Mixed Method Design
· Develop an outcome evaluation for your original and new program and population in Clarksville.
. Stipulate which outcomes you are measuring using the qualitative approach and which outcomes you are measuring using a quantitative approach.
. Describe why you chose to measure the outcomes with your selected approach.
. Describe how you think your results can be used to improve your original and new program and population in Clarksville.
Creating and Selecting Assessments
· Create a 5-question data collection survey that addresses a process or outcome of services within your updated program. Describe what you are measuring.
· Go to the
Walden University Library
and select a standardized test that can be used to measure a target process or outcome within your updated Clarksville program.
. Summarize the standardized test you selected from the Walden University Library.
. Discuss why you selected this measure.
. Discuss your analysis plan and how this analysis can be used to inform services within your program.
Evaluation Report Implications
· Discuss the broader implications of your findings for practice (i.e., the practical or clinical significance).
Social Change
· Explain how your Clarksville program promotes social change.