Outcome-Based Evaluation

By: Robert L. Schalock

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Hardcover | 31 December 2000 | Edition Number 2

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Outcome-based evaluation continues to play a central role in the larger field of policy analysis and speaks to the needs and interests of administrators, students, policymakers, funders, consumers, and educators. In a thoroughgoing revision of the first edition of this classic text and reference, published by Plenum in 1995, the author broadens the coverage from his previous emphasis on developmental disabilities to include other areas of human and social service delivery such as education, health, mental health, aging, substance abuse, and corrections.

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From reviews of the First Edition:
"... [E]minently readable...[with] a wonderfully up-to-date library of references... [The book] offers an evaluation orientation in which values for the well-being of people are foundations. In so doing, it demonstrates that effective evaluation clearly is not just a set of technical methods and tools but, at its heart, it is anchored ultimately in the values...of stakeholders. This is no small contribution..."
(Journal of the Association for Persons with Severe Handicaps)
"...A welcome addition to available texts on program evaluation. ... Appropriate for program evaluators and experienced service providers with management and supervision responsibilities... An excellent addition to evaluation-focused preservice and inservice training efforts."
(American Journal on Mental Retardation)
"Readers of this book...will find many inspirations for their own evaluative efforts. ...Contains plenty of good advice."
(Evaluation and Program Planning)
"The focus on outcomes is a welcome addition to the program evaluation textbook market... A useful text for program evaluation students."
(American Journal of Evaluation)
"Outcome-based evaluation continues to play a central role in larger field of education, health care, and rehabilitation policy analysis; and it speaks to the needs and interests of administrators, students, policymakers, funders, consumers, and educators. In this second edition (an extensive revision of the 1995 first edition), the author broadens the range of topics to include education, health, mental health, aging, substance abuse, and corrections."
(Administration and Policy in Mental Health, 29:1 (2001)

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An Overview of Outcome-Based Evaluation
An Overview of Outcome-Based Evaluation and Its Application	p. 5
Overview	p. 5
Definition	p. 6
Elements	p. 7
Methodological Pluralism	p. 9
Comparison with Other Types of Evaluation	p. 12
Formative Feedback	p. 13
Summary	p. 14
Study Questions	p. 16
Additional Readings	p. 16
Program Evaluation	p. 17
Overview	p. 17
Use of Outcome Measures	p. 19
A Multiple Measurement Approach to Accountability	p. 20
Performance Assessment	p. 20
Consumer Appraisal	p. 22
Functional Assessment	p. 23
Personal Appraisal	p. 24
Evaluability	p. 25
Program Evaluation Factors	p. 26
Action Steps Involved in Using Desired Outcomes to Guide Organization Improvement	p. 26
Establish Baseline	p. 28
Determine Desired Outcomes	p. 28
Align Services with Desired Outcomes	p. 33
The Utilization of Program Evaluation Data	p. 35
Understanding the Organization's Personality	p. 36
Being Aware of Key Success Factors	p. 36
Summary	p. 37
Study Questions	p. 39
Additional Readings	p. 40
Effectiveness Evaluation	p. 41
Overview	p. 42
Effectiveness Evaluation Model and Analysis Steps	p. 43
Performance Goals (Anticipated Outcomes)	p. 43
Purpose and Comparison Condition	p. 48
Methodology	p. 49
Data Collection and Analysis	p. 51
Person and Organization-Referenced Outcomes	p. 52
Effectiveness of a Demonstration Program	p. 53
Overview	p. 53
Performance Goals (Anticipated Outcomes)	p. 53
Purpose and Comparison Condition	p. 53
Methodology	p. 54
Data Collection and Analysis	p. 54
Outcomes	p. 54
Critique	p. 54
Effectiveness of Consumer-Generated Survey Data	p. 56
Overview	p. 56
Performance Goals (Anticipated Outcomes)	p. 56
Purpose and Comparison Condition	p. 56
Methodology	p. 56
Data Collection and Analysis	p. 57
Outcomes	p. 58
Critique	p. 58
Influence of Participant Characteristics and Program Components	p. 59
Overview	p. 59
Performance Goals (Anticipated Outcomes)	p. 59
Purpose and Comparison Condition	p. 59
Methodology	p. 60
Data Collection and Analysis	p. 60
Outcomes	p. 61
Critique	p. 61
Summary	p. 62
Study Questions	p. 64
Additional Readings	p. 64
Impact Evaluation	p. 65
Overview	p. 66
Outcomes versus Impacts	p. 67
Comparison Condition	p. 67
Impact Evaluation Designs	p. 70
Person as Own Comparison	p. 71
Pre/Post Change Comparison	p. 71
Longitudinal Status Comparison	p. 73
Hypothetical Comparison Group	p. 73
Matched Pairs (Cohorts)	p. 73
Experimental/Control	p. 75
Steps Involved in Impact Evaluation	p. 82
The Impact of Different Training Environments	p. 83
Purpose/Questions Asked	p. 83
Comparison Condition	p. 83
Core Data Sets and Their Measurement	p. 84
Results	p. 85
Discussion of Results and Their Implications	p. 86
The Impact of Transitional Employment Programs	p. 87
Purpose/Questions Asked	p. 87
Comparison Condition	p. 88
Core Data Sets and Their Measurement	p. 88
Results	p. 89
Discussion of Results and Their Implications	p. 92
Summary	p. 93
Study Questions	p. 94
Additional Readings	p. 95
Policy Evaluation	p. 97
Overview	p. 97
An Overview of Benefit-Cost Analysis	p. 99
Policy Evaluation Model and Process Steps	p. 102
Model	p. 102
Data Sets	p. 103
Process Steps	p. 107
Families and Disability	p. 109
Welfare-to-Work Paths and Barriers	p. 111
Implementation of the 1992 Vocational Rehabilitation Amendments	p. 114
Guidelines	p. 116
Summary	p. 118
Study Questions	p. 120
Additional Readings	p. 121
Outcomes: Their Selection, Measurement, and Analysis
Selecting Outcomes	p. 127
Overview	p. 127
The Reform Movement	p. 128
Accountability Dimension	p. 129
Quality Dimension	p. 131
Selection Criteria	p. 134
Outcome Measures: Regular Education	p. 136
Outcome Measures: Special Education	p. 137
Outcome Measures: Health Care	p. 139
Outcome Measures: Mental Health	p. 141
Outcome Measures: Disabilities	p. 144
Outcome Measures: Aging	p. 148
Outcome Measures: Substance Abuse	p. 150
Outcome Measures: Corrections	p. 152
Generic Outcome Measures	p. 155
Summary	p. 156
Study Questions	p. 157
Additional Readings	p. 158
Measuring Outcomes	p. 159
Overview	p. 159
Psychometric Measurement Standards	p. 164
Realiability	p. 164
Validity	p. 164
Standardization Group	p. 165
Norms	p. 165
Performance Assessment	p. 165
Effectiveness	p. 165
Efficiency	p. 169
Consumer Appraisal	p. 171
Satisfaction	p. 175
Fidelity to the Model	p. 176
Functional Assessment	p. 180
Adaptive Behavior	p. 181
Role Status	p. 182
Personal Appraisal	p. 186
The Concept of Quality of Life	p. 187
The Assessment of Quality of Life	p. 189
Summary	p. 193
Study Questions	p. 194
Additional Readings	p. 194
Analyzing and Interpreting Outcomes	p. 195
Overview	p. 196
Input Variables: Recipient Characteristics	p. 197
Age and Gender	p. 197
Diagnosis or Verification	p. 198
Adaptive Behavior Level	p. 199
Role Status	p. 199
Throughput Variables: Core Service Functions and Cost Estimates	p. 199
Core Service Functions	p. 199
Cost Estimates	p. 201
Statistical Principles, Guidelines, and Analyses	p. 207
Statistical Principles	p. 207
Statistical Guidelines	p. 210
Statistical Analyses	p. 213
Interpreting External Influences on Outcomes	p. 216
Clinical Significance	p. 218
Threats to Internal Validity	p. 220
Organization Variables	p. 221
Attrition	p. 228
Summary	p. 230
Study Questions	p. 232
Additional Readings	p. 232
Future Scenarios	p. 233
Overview	p. 233
Increased Variability of the Service Deliver System	p. 235
Balance between Performance Measurement and Value Assessment	p. 237
Evaluation Theory: Embracing the Postmodernist Paradigm	p. 238
Managing For Results	p. 239
Outsourcing of Evaluation	p. 242
Summary and Conclusion	p. 245
Study Questions	p. 247
Additional Readings	p. 247
References	p. 249
Author Index	p. 263
Subject Index	p. 267
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