Evaluation

public programs are up and running and the issue is—How well are they doing? 

This is a very broad question and an open-ended question but one which requires 

various approaches and methods of evaluation. From the readings that you will go 

through, some readings address what we might call “methodology” where you are 

trying to lay out a way to actual evaluate a program. Evaluation comes in many 

shapes and sizes. Some of the readings look at different public programs and give you 

an idea, or an insight, into how each is evaluated. Feedback is important, we assume 

that nothing works perfectly (if you took the “Public administration: Principles, 

Applications, & Ethics” course, you did an assignment on the “Law of Unintended 

Consequences”). We need feedback to look at how to “tinker” with a program or 

make major overhauls. Evaluation helps us determine what to do to make those 

either small or major changes. 

In this assignment address evaluation. Do discuss the different methods or 

approaches. Your essay can then be a combination of you discussing these different 

methods and approaches and how evaluation has been addressed regarding different 

public programs. 

GUIDELINES FOR THIS ASSIGNMENT  

2) I do want you to discuss the readings. It might be a good idea if you think of the 

readings as having these two categories (one on methods and approaches, the other 

on case studies where you see different programs being evaluated). The readings do 

not easily fall into either category, but from going through them, you can begin to 

figure out how to break what you read into the two categories. 

3) Do create an Excel chart where you can show the monthly support, or lack of it, for 

the Health Care Law that was introduced by the Obama Administration and passed by 

Congress. Once you are done with this chart, use it in your evaluation of programs. 

How the public sees or understands a particular government program is part of policy evaluation.

USE SUBHEADINGS WITHIN YOUR PAPER.pages. Also think in terms of your conclusion as a well-developed opinion so you 

may want this to be a page or more.

 Think in terms of your conclusion as more than just some basic closing 

remarks but a well-developed thought-out commentary on the topic at han