7-1 Milestone Six: Evaluation Methodologies

HCM 700 Milestone Six Guidelines and Rubric

Prompt

For Milestone Six, you will submit a draft of your evaluation methodologies section. You will provide a comprehensive description of how your organization (and potential funders) will know

the program is successful. Items to consider include methods for measuring success, who will be performing the evaluation, and how the methods will be selected. You should also include

your plan for gathering data, using test instruments, analyzing data, using evaluation for program improvements, and any specific evaluation reports that should be produced.

Specifically, the following critical elements must be addressed:

VI. Evaluation Methodologies

Provide a comprehensive description of how your organization (and potential funders) will know the program is successful. Items to consider include methods for measuring success,

who will be performing the evaluation, which two methods of evaluation will be used (you must include one type of financial evaluation and one other evaluation method), and how the

methods will be selected. You should also include your plan for gathering data, including the identification of the sources from where the data will be acquired (CMS, quality data,

leapfrog, turnover rates, etc.); analyzing data; using evaluation for program improvements; and any specific evaluation reports that should be produced. Recall and incorporate different

types of program evaluation (process evaluation, outcome evaluation, formative evaluation, summative evaluation, cost-benefit evaluation, and cost-effectiveness evaluation) from the

program-evaluation course.

What to Submit

The draft of your evaluation methodologies section should be submitted as a 3- to 4-page Microsoft Word document with double spacing, 12-point Times New Roman font, and one-inch

margins. Any references should be cited in APA format. Use appropriate headings to identify each critical element.

Milestone Six Rubric

Criteria Exemplary (100%) Proficient (90%) Needs Improvement (70%) Not Evident (0%) Value

Methods of Measuring

Success

Meets “Proficient” criteria and

demonstrates a firm grasp of

success measurement and

evaluation by using two

evaluation methods, including

one financial evaluation

Provides a comprehensive

description of how success will

be measured for this program

and who will be performing the

evaluation by using two

evaluation methods, including

one financial evaluation

Provides a comprehensive

description of how success will

be measured for this program

but not who will be performing

the evaluation

Does not provide a description

of how success will be

measured for this program

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Criteria Exemplary (100%) Proficient (90%) Needs Improvement (70%) Not Evident (0%) Value

Data Gathering Meets “Proficient” criteria and

demonstrates a strong

understanding of data

gathering methods

Discusses how data will be

gathered and describes the

chosen test instruments

Discusses how data will be

gathered but does not describe

the chosen test instruments

Does not discuss how data will

be gathered

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Data Analysis Meets “Proficient” criteria and

demonstrates a strong

understanding of program

evaluation

Includes a plan for analyzing

data and how evaluation will be

used for program

improvements

Includes a plan for analyzing

data but not how evaluation

will be used for program

improvements

Does not include a plan for

analyzing data

30

Articulation of Response Submission is free of errors

related to citations, grammar,

spelling, syntax, and

organization and is presented

in a professional and easy-to-

read format

Submission has no major errors

related to citations, grammar,

spelling, syntax, or organization

Submission has major errors

related to citations, grammar,

spelling, syntax, or organization

that negatively impact

readability and articulation of

main ideas

Submission has critical errors

related to citations, grammar,

spelling, syntax, or organization

that prevent understanding of

ideas

10

Total: 100%

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