Patton defines developmental evaluation as evaluation for new or evolving efforts, while summative and formative evaluation examine existing programs. He describes how developmental evaluations add value in difficult situations with unestablished knowledge. Patton popularized utilization-focused evaluation (UFE), which is based on the evaluation being useful to intended users. UFE involves defining and engaging users early to determine uses and ensuring the evaluation is governed by their intended uses. According to Patton, intended users are more likely to use and feel ownership of evaluations if they are actively involved from the beginning.
Patton defines developmental evaluation as evaluation for new or evolving efforts, while summative and formative evaluation examine existing programs. He describes how developmental evaluations add value in difficult situations with unestablished knowledge. Patton popularized utilization-focused evaluation (UFE), which is based on the evaluation being useful to intended users. UFE involves defining and engaging users early to determine uses and ensuring the evaluation is governed by their intended uses. According to Patton, intended users are more likely to use and feel ownership of evaluations if they are actively involved from the beginning.
Patton defines developmental evaluation as evaluation for new or evolving efforts, while summative and formative evaluation examine existing programs. He describes how developmental evaluations add value in difficult situations with unestablished knowledge. Patton popularized utilization-focused evaluation (UFE), which is based on the evaluation being useful to intended users. UFE involves defining and engaging users early to determine uses and ensuring the evaluation is governed by their intended uses. According to Patton, intended users are more likely to use and feel ownership of evaluations if they are actively involved from the beginning.
Patton defines developmental evaluation as evaluation for new or evolving efforts, while summative and formative evaluation examine existing programs. He describes how developmental evaluations add value in difficult situations with unestablished knowledge. Patton popularized utilization-focused evaluation (UFE), which is based on the evaluation being useful to intended users. UFE involves defining and engaging users early to determine uses and ensuring the evaluation is governed by their intended uses. According to Patton, intended users are more likely to use and feel ownership of evaluations if they are actively involved from the beginning.
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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.