Conducting Assessments: Evaluating Programs, Facilities, Agencies and Organizations

In a concise 132 pages, Conducting Assessments describes the factors that lead to reliable, valid and trustworthy assessments and evaluations. It covers assessment principles and methods, as well as the tools and processes employed by some of the most advanced practitioners, all drawn from extensive practical experience and best practices across many fields where assessments are conducted. This book is ideal reading for students of evaluation and assessment, as well as practitioners and sponsors of assessments, with content that ranges from the most basic principles to some of the most vexing problems faced in the field. Includes: Part 1. Assessment Basics; Part 2. Conducting Quality Assessments; Part 3. The Evidence; Part 4. The Assessors; Part 5. The Process; Part 6. Assessment Principles and Best Practices; Part 7. Useful Tools and Models; and Part 8. Executing Assessment Projects.