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Patton's Curriculum Evaluation Design-Complex or Practical?

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Patton’s Curriculum Evaluation Design—Complex or Practical?

Patton defines developmental evaluation as evaluation for a new or evolving


effort, whereas summative and formative evaluation can be used to examine existing
programs. Summative evaluation compares outcomes to predefined goals and
frameworks, but formative evaluation can help with continual improvement. He also
describes the specific scenarios in which development assessments might offer value,
such as in difficult situations where the knowledge base is not well
established.Michael Quinn Patton, who also invented the notion of developmental
evaluation (another sort of evaluation included in the M&E Universe series),
popularized the concept of a utilisation-focused evaluation. UFEs are based on the
notion that an evaluation should be appraised based on how beneficial it is to its
primary intended users. In many cases, this includes attempting to ensure that the
findings of a UFE are used for their intended purposes. In other cases, the value of a
UFE may be appraised based on the process itself.
Michael Quinn Patton's Utilization-Focused Evaluation (UFE) is a technique
based on the notion that an evaluation should be rated on its usefulness to its intended
users. As a result, evaluations should be prepared and carried out in ways that increase
the likelihood of using both the findings and the process itself to guide decisions and
improve performance. UFE consists of two main components. To begin, the
assessment's major intended users must be clearly defined and directly engaged at the
start of the evaluation process to guarantee that their primary intended uses can be
determined. Second, assessors must guarantee that the principal intended users'
planned uses of the evaluation govern all other decisions made concerning the
evaluation process. UFE focuses on genuine and specific users and uses rather than
general and abstract users and purposes. The evaluator's job is not to make decisions
independently of the intended users, but to encourage decision making among those
who will use the evaluation's findings. According to Patton, evaluation research
shows that "intended users are more likely to use evaluations if they understand and
feel ownership of the evaluation process and conclusions [and] they are more likely to
comprehend and feel ownership if they have been actively participated." The
evaluator is laying the framework for deployment by actively involving primary
intended consumers."
A UFE should always be prepared and carried out in such a way that the
findings are as likely as possible to be used to guide decision-making and/or improve
performance. As a result, UFEs should always be centered on the requirements of
actual, recognized users. The evaluator's goal is to guide the evaluation in a way that
best meets their needs and to engage them throughout the process. This is based on
the notion that intended users of any evaluation are more likely to adopt the findings
if they sense ownership of the evaluation process and are actively involved from the
beginning (Patton 2008). A UFE is a versatile evaluation method that can be used in a
variety of situations. UFEs are compatible with all other types of evaluation, and the
concepts can be applied to any type of work in any industry. As a result, a UFE is
virtually always necessary. However, the time and resources required to conduct a
UFE may be more than those required for other types of evaluation, and these costs
must be balanced against the potential advantages.

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