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Readings

Most of the course readings are contained in the following books that can be purchased at local book stores or through vendors on the internet:
   
bulletRossi, Peter H., Mark W. Lipsey, and Howard E. Freeman. 2004. Evaluation: A Systematic Approach. Seventh Edition. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage. ISBN 0761908943
bullet Wholey, Joseph S., Harry P. Hatry, and Kathryn E. Newcomer (eds.). 2010. Handbook of Practical Program Evaluation. Third Edition. San Francisco, CA: John Wiley & Sons Inc..  ISBN 9780470522479
   

Reserve Readings

The following readings are on reserve in the library and supplement the course texts.
  
Reserve #1
W. K. Kellogg Foundation. 2004. Logic Model Development Guide. Battle Creek, MI: W. K. Kellog Foundation. (Download by Clicking Here)
  
Reserve #2
Susan T. Ennett, Nancy S. Tobler, Christopher L.Ringwalt, and Robert L. Flewelling. 1994. How Effective is Drug Abuse Resistance Education? A Meta-Analysis of Project DARE Outcome Evaluations. American Journal of Public Health 84 (no. 9, September): 1394 - 1401 (Available Electronically Through the library)
   
Reserve #3
Mark T. Imperial. 2004. Collaboration and Performance Measurement: Lessons from Three Watershed Governance Efforts. Washington, D.C.: Center for the Business of Government. (Download a copy)
 
Reserve #4
Robert D. Behn, “Why Measure Performance? Different Purposes Require Different Measures,” Public Administration Review 63 (No. 5, September/October, 2003), pp. 586 – 606.  (Available electronically through the library)
 
Reserve #5
General Accounting Office (GAO). 2009. Program Evaluation: A Variety of Rigorous Methods Can Help Identify Effective Interventions. GAO-10-30. November. (Download a copy)
   
Reserve #6
General Accounting Office (GAO). 2009. Human Subject Research: Undercover Tests Show the Institutional Review Board System is Vulnerable to Unethical Manipulation. GAO-09-448T. March. (Download a copy)
   
Reserve #7
U.S. Department of Education. 2009. Evaluation of Evidence-Based Practices in Online Learning: A Meta-Analysis and Review of Online Learning Studies. Washington, DC: Office of Planning, Evaluation, and Policy Development, U.S. Department of Education. (Download a copy)
   
Reserve #8
Combs, James G. 2010. "Big Samples and Small Effects: Lets Not Trade Relevance and Rigor for Power". Academy of Management Journal 53 (no. 1): 9 - 13. (Download a Copy)
   
Reserve #9
West, Steven L. & Keri K. O'Neal. 2004. "Project D.A.R.E. Outcome Effectiveness Revisited." American Journal of Public Health 94 (no. 6): 1027 - 1029. (Download a Copy)
   
Reserve #10
Birkeland, Sarah, erin Murphy-Graham, and Carol Weiss. 2005. "Good reasons for ignoring good evaluation: The case of the drug abuse resistance education (D.A.R.E.) program." Evaluation and Program Planning 28: 247 - 256. (Download a Copy)
   
Reserve #11
 
   

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