Application of Standard in Program Evaluation

Which set of standards aims to increase the extent to which program stakeholders find evaluation processes and products valuable?

• Utility Standards

• Feasibility Standards

• Propriety Standards

• Accuracy Standards

According to the standards, what should evaluations clarify and specify regarding the values underpinning purposes, processes, and judgments?

• Individual and cultural values

• Program goals

• Stakeholder demographics

• Budgetary constraints

Which standard emphasizes the need for evaluations to construct activities, descriptions, and judgments in ways that encourage participants to rediscover, reinterpret, or revise their understandings and behaviors?

• U5 Relevant Information

• U6 Meaningful Processes and Products

• U7 Timely and Appropriate Communicating and Reporting

• U8 Concern for Consequences and Influence

What do the feasibility standards aim to increase in evaluation processes?

• Accuracy

• Accountability

• Effectiveness and efficiency

• Credibility

According to the propriety standards, evaluations should be understandable and fair in addressing stakeholder needs and purposes. Which standard does this correspond to?

• P1 Responsive and Inclusive Orientation

• P2 Formal Agreements

• P3 Human Rights and Respect

• P4 Clarity and Fairness

Which standard emphasizes the need for evaluations to provide complete descriptions of findings, limitations, and conclusions to all stakeholders, unless doing so would violate legal and propriety obligations?

• P5 Transparency and Disclosure

• P6 Conflicts of Interests

• P7 Fiscal Responsibility

• A8 Communication and Reporting

What do the accuracy standards aim to increase in evaluation representations, propositions, and findings?

• Dependability and truthfulness

• Feasibility and efficiency

• Responsiveness to stakeholders

• Practical procedures

Which standard emphasizes the need for evaluations to document their negotiated purposes and implemented designs, procedures, data, and outcomes?

• E1 Evaluation Documentation

• E2 Internal Metaevaluation

• E3 External Metaevaluation

• U1 Evaluator Credibility

According to the standards, evaluations should use technically adequate designs and analyses appropriate for the evaluation purposes. Which standard does this correspond to?

• A5 Information Management

• A6 Sound Designs and Analyses

• A7 Explicit Evaluation Reasoning

• A8 Communication and Reporting

Which set of standards encourages adequate documentation of evaluations and a metaevaluative perspective focused on improvement and accountability for evaluation processes and products?

• Utility Standards

• Feasibility Standards

• Propriety Standards

• Evaluation Accountability Standards