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Assessing Program Outcomes: Rationale and Benefits of Posttest-then-Retrospective-Pretest Designs

Year: 2007

Type: article

Abstract: The importance of program evaluation for decision making, accountability, and sustainability is examined in this article. Pros and cons of traditional pretest-posttest and posttest-then-retrospective-pretest methodologies are discussed. A case study of Utah’s 4-H mentoring program using a posttest-then-retrospective-pretest design is presented. Furthermore, it is argued that the posttest-then-retrospective-pretest design is a valid, efficient, and cost-effective way to assess program outcomes and impacts.

Source: Journal of Youth Development

DOI: 10.5195/jyd.2007.366

Authors: James P. Marshall, Brian J. Higginbotham, Victor W. Harris, Thomas R. Lee

Institutions: University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, Utah State University

Language: English

Topic: Evaluation and Performance Assessment

Subfield: Management Science and Operations Research

Field: Decision Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Quality education

Open Access status: diamond

OpenAlex ID: W2558798149

FWCI: 1.435

Cites: 14

Cited by: 35

Related to: 10