Evaluation & program planning - Prof. Simone Busetti - a.a. 2025/2026

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  Evaluation & program planning - Prof. Simone Busetti - a.a. 2025/2026

  • Presentation
  • Course books
  • Research material
  • Intermediate tests

  • Presentation

  
  The course will provide the basics of program evaluation. The classes have the following learning goals: 

  1.Understanding what evaluation is and its role in government

  2.Applying evaluation designs, methods, and criteria appropriately

  3.Learning the practicalities of organizing and contracting evaluation research

  4.Translating evaluation findings into program actions

  5.Incorporating ethical, gender and equity considerations

  The exam is based on an essay applying evaluation concepts and methods to a selected case study. 

  
  

  • Course books

   European Commission (2025). Evaluation Handbook, available at:

   https://op.europa.eu/en/publication-detail/-/publication/d3b89b72-6c36-11f0-bf4e-01aa75ed71a1 

  
  

  • Research material

  
  Additional readings will be distributed in class. 
  

  • Intermediate tests

  
  There are no intermediate tests.  
  

  • Select activity Annunci

    

    Annunci Forum
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  groupwork assignment
  • Select activity Groupwork Assignment (1)

    

    Groupwork Assignment (1) File
• Select section Introduction: What is program evaluation?

  Introduction: What is program evaluation?
  • Select activity what is evaluation?

    

    what is evaluation? File
• Select section Evaluation users and uses

  Evaluation users and uses
  • Select activity Uses, Users, & stakeholders

    

    Uses, Users, & stakeholders File
• Select section Evaluation criteria and questions

  Evaluation criteria and questions
  • Select activity evaluation criteria and questions

    

    evaluation criteria and questions File
• Select section Program theory

  Program theory
  • Select activity program theory and theory-driven evaluation

    

    program theory and theory-driven evaluation File
• Select section Counterfactual evaluation

  Counterfactual evaluation
  • Select activity experimental and quasi experimental evaluations

    

    experimental and quasi experimental evaluations File
• Select section Developing measures

  Developing measures
  • Select activity EPP 6 what to measure

    

    EPP 6 what to measure File
• Select section Collecting data

  Collecting data
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  Topic 8
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  Topic 9
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  Topic 10