A Guide to Evaluating Marine and Family Division Programs, Services, and Capabilities: An Introduction to Program Evaluation
Abstract
The U.S. Marine Corps (USMC) Marine and Family Division (MF) portfolio includes a variety of programs and services that cut across a number of domains, including behavioral health, personal and professional development, and family readiness. Given increased emphasis on budgetary constraints and efficient spending, assessing the effectiveness of programs and services has gained significance. For MF programs and services to remain meaningful, credible, and practical, their effectiveness must be able to be demonstrated. MF has identified program evaluation as a critical tool to determine whether its programs and services are being implemented as planned and achieving their intended goals. The goal of this document is to provide an introduction to program evaluation for MF program managers. Although some program managers may have experience with aspects of program evaluation, the process may be less familiar to others. Therefore, this document provides a broad overview of the process of conducting a program evaluation, including types of evaluation, the ways that data are collected and analyzed, and how the results of an evaluation are used. For program staff interested in more detail about the process, this review provides a reference list of resources, as well as a series of worksheets that can be used to plan and implement a program evaluation.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2021
- Accession Number
- AD1149220
Entities
People
- Dana Schultz
- Laura Werber
- Margaret Tankard
- Sarah O. Meadows
- Stephani L. Wrabel
- Stephanie B. Holliday
- Thomas E Trail
Organizations
- RAND Corporation