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Part 1. Overview: Program Evaluation Basics Overview; A Note about Words; What is a Program?; Understanding Programs; What is Program Evaluation?; Why is evaluation important?
Part 2. Stages of Evaluation: The Cycle and Stages of Evaluation; The Tasks of Each Evaluation Stage
Part 3. Types of Evaluation: Types of Evaluation; Needs Assessment; Feasibility Assessment; Monitoring; Context Evaluation; Formative/Process Evaluation; Summative Evaluation; Impact Evaluation
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Needs Assessment

Stages Involved

Completion & Feedback		Identification

Implementation		Design

Key question:

What change is needed?

Occurs before the program begins to identify demand or gaps
Used to establish baselines (starting point), goals & objectives and resources needed

Evaluation in Action: A Needs Assessment

Last year, a Wikimedia chapter organized a Wiki Loves Monuments program in their country and participants photographed every single monument in the country's capitol city. For this year's Wiki Loves Monuments program, they wanted to move the focus away from monuments in the capitol city, but were not sure what would be appropriate. They decided to complete a needs assessment to see what other subject areas needed images. The results from the assessment indicated that Wikipedia and Commons lacked the most images related to monuments in rural areas and small towns, so they chose to focus this year's Wiki Loves Monuments on a list of identified small and rural towns.