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Evaluation: A research, assessment, and appraisal of a program in order to identify the degree and efficiency of the implementation and outcome of the program. The research finding can usually help people to draw lessons from the program and to make better decision and judgment about future programming.
Introduction
Program evaluation research has been developed rapidly after World War II since numerous large expenditure programs were launched and “consequently were accompanied by demands for knowledge of results” (Rossi and Freeman 1999: 11). As a result, two categories of evaluations were developed to meet different needs. One is implementation or process evaluation that is usually conducted to monitor “whether the program is delivered as intended to the targeted recipients” (Rossi and Freeman 1999: 190). The other one is the outcome or impact of evaluation which is used to assess whether...
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Chen, C. (2017). Theory of Programme Evaluation, China. In: Farazmand, A. (eds) Global Encyclopedia of Public Administration, Public Policy, and Governance. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-31816-5_3350-1
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