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**Development of Program Evaluation Proposal**
Using the RFP (Request for Proposals) provided in your case study text entitled **RFP for the Evaluation of the Distance Education Program for Literacy Providers (DEPLP)**, develop a proposal to conduct this evaluation. Your proposal should be approximately 12 pages, and a significant element of your proposal should be a section on your selection of a suitable evaluation model from the five approaches/models that you have studied in Unit 2, plus justification of that model for this particular evaluation context. Provide sufficient detail on the model/approach, as if you were writing the proposal for a client with little in-depth knowledge of evaluation models/approaches. In addition, your proposal should include sections on the Evaluand, the Objectives/Key Questions of the Evaluation from the RFP (which you may choose to expand on, depending on your model selected), Client and Audiences for the Evaluation, Evaluation Processes to be Implemented (briefly), Time Line, Budget, and Consultant Qualifications. Remember, your proposal should address the specifics of the RFP. This assignment is worth 25% of your course grade, and is due on completion of Unit 2.

This course was written by: [|Mary Kennedy]

Clarification
The assignment refers to the five //**specific**// methods mentioned in the Unit 2 Commentary - see below:
 * 1) //Tyler's Curriculum Model// insisted that the evaluation be organized around certain objectives - that curriculum goals and objectives be used to guide the evaluation activity. If the curriculum or program goals and objectives were attained, the program was deemed to be effective. (Objectives-oriented Model)
 * 2) //Stufflebeam's CIPP Model// proposed that the evaluation be organized around decision needs of managers and administrators. The evaluator acquires information about what decisions need to be made, who is charged with making them, on what schedule, and using what criteria. It is these decision needs that inform the evaluation activity and influence the type of data collected. (Management-oriented Model)
 * 3) //Scriven's Goal-Free Model// requires that the evaluator ignore program goals and objectives, allowing the evaluation to uncover unintended, as well as intended, effects. The focus of the evaluation becomes the actual effects and also a profile of the needs, against which the actual effects can be assessed. (Consumer-oriented Model)
 * 4) 4. //Eisner's Connoisseurship Model// departs further from conventional program evaluation models by using the critical human being as the primary measurement instrument. It also uses art criticism as a basis for making judgements. The evaluator must focus the evaluation on his/her own professional expertise, which should be considerable, and which is used to make definitive judgements on the merit and worth of the program. (Expertise-oriented Model)
 * 5) //Stake's Responsive Model// proposed that evaluations be planned and organized around the concerns and issues of all stakeholders. He is proposing that, for an evaluation to be useful, the evaluator must spend considerable time in learning about the information needs of the persons in and around the program. It is the concerns, issues, and information needs of all participants that focus the evaluation activity. (Participant-oriented Model)

Ideas for Proposal Sub-headings

 * History/Description of Evaluand
 * Objectives/Key Questions
 * Rationale for Evaluation
 * Client and Audiences for the Evaluation/Key Stakeholders
 * Process/ Methodology
 * Evaluation Processes to be implemented (briefly)
 * Time Line/ Evaluation Schedule
 * Budget
 * Consultant Qualifications/ Evaluation Consultants

Calendar
I made a calendar to help figure out the dates for the literacy courses.

My Assignment #1
Grade: 25/25