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Including Diverse Stakeholder Voices in Youth Character Program Evaluation
American Journal of Evaluation ( IF 1.507 ) Pub Date : 2021-02-11 , DOI: 10.1177/1098214020917218
Lisa M. Chauveron 1 , Satabdi Samtani 2 , Megan G. Groner 1 , Jennifer Brown Urban 1 , Miriam R. Linver 1
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Although experts agree that diverse stakeholder inclusion enhances quality and equity in evaluation designs and implementation, diverse voices are often omitted. Particularly antithetical to principles of youth character development, evaluations for these programs should strive to include voices from various social, economic, community, and demographic perspectives. One innovative national evaluation capacity building initiative, the Partnerships for Advancing Character Program Evaluation (PACE) project, paired practitioners from youth programs in community-based organizations with evaluation professionals to enhance stakeholders’ roles in evaluation. PACE promoted stakeholder identification and inclusion through group exercises, partnership work, and coaching sessions. Using a mixed methods design with interviews, retrospective pretest–posttest surveys, and observational data, triangulated data addressed diverse stakeholders in the evaluation process, diverse perspectives on program performance, and connecting diverse input to evaluation design. Postprogram findings indicate that participants included more varied and diverse stakeholder perspectives in all the three areas. Implications for programs and evaluations are discussed.



中文翻译:

在青年人物计划评估中纳入不同的利益相关者声音

尽管专家们一致认为,多元化的利益相关者参与可以提高评估设计和实施的质量和公平性,但往往会忽略多元化的声音。特别是与青年人品格发展的原则背道而驰的是,对这些方案的评估应努力吸收来自各种社会,经济,社区和人口统计学观点的声音。一项创新的国家评估能力建设计划,即“促进性格计划评估伙伴关系”(PACE)项目,将社区组织中青年计划的从业者与评估专家配对,以增强利益相关者在评估中的作用。PACE通过小组练习,伙伴关系工作和辅导会议促进了利益相关者的识别和包容。通过混合方法设计和访谈,回顾性测试前-测试后调查和观察数据,三角化数据针对评估过程中的不同利益相关者,对计划绩效的不同观点,并将不同的输入与评估设计联系起来。程序后的研究结果表明,参与者在所有三个领域都包括了更多不同的利益相关者观点。讨论了对程序和评估的影响。

更新日期:2021-02-11
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