Develop an evaluation proposal for a policy

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Evaluation and the Policy Process Assignment - Evaluation Proposal

The task - This research assignment requires you to develop an evaluation proposal for a policy.

The purpose of this assignment is to make you able to enter the field (relatively) confident that you are able to undertake at least small scale evaluations. This assignment is designed to give you the skills that enables you to design an evaluation.

Topic - Their Futures Matter

The Their Futures Matter team has contacted you in your role as an evaluation consultant. Their Futures Matter has given you this brief information about the task and the background to the task:

"The Evidence, Monitoring and Evaluation team requires a motivated, high performing consultant to design evaluation and evidence-building activities of the reform. This is a rare and exciting opportunity to work across an evidence-based reform that improves outcomes to NSW's most vulnerable children and families. You will have the opportunity to work across the entire reform to develop evaluation frameworks and data collection approaches that measure client outcomes and program activity.

There is tremendous opportunity to influence how NSW Government collects data to monitor and evaluate programs in this role.

You will play a critical role ensuring the reform continues to build a strong evidence base to inform decisions on how to improve outcomes for NSW children and families.

More specifically, you must:

Ensure inclusion of valid and reliable outcomes measures for collecting, analysing and reporting data.
Ensure that the methodology is robust and will contribute to the identification and improvement of client outcomes.
Enable inclusion of stakeholders, including government, non-government and academic stakeholders.
Develop an evaluation approach appropriate for use in the human services sector.
NB. Please note that the NSW government prefers experimental and quasi-experimental designs."

Outlines -

Title - The title should indicate the topic of the study in 1- 15 words.

Summary - 100 to 200 word summary of the entire project.

Background/Significance/Context - This section should outline the program that you will be evaluating in the proposed research and indicate why evaluation is needed. What is the context of the policy? Are there controversies about the program or the social issue it responds to? What do we already know about the policy problem? Why is there a need for further information about this program?

When indicating why the evaluation is needed, you should discuss the program, the social issue that it responds to and what the evaluation will contribute to our knowledge.

Start with the webpage and expand your knowledge from there, such as previous inquiries, reviews, research etc.

Aims and Objectives - Identify the study's main objective and the key research questions that will guide the evaluation. After identifying the main objective, it might help to consider whether you need information on the effectiveness, appropriateness, and efficiency and so on of the program.

Approach and methods - Discuss the suggested approach and justify why you have chosen that approach.

What methods will you use? What will be the outcome of using these methods? Which stakeholders will be involved? It is imperative that you explain the links between the evaluation question(s), the evaluation approach, the methods and how these will be operationalised in this particular case. Use references if appropriate.

Ethical and Political Issues - Identify any specific issues arising from the research. Pay careful attention also to generic ethical issues in research with human subjects - Respect for Persons: Informed Consent; confidentiality; possible risks for subjects and any possible benefits. State whether Ethics approval has, or will be sought, and if so, from whom. Also, consider the political dimensions of this report - are there controversies about the program or social issue? Are there any conflicts of interest (i.e. as internal or external evaluators)? And, consider the ethical issues that are likely to arise because this is evaluation research. Use references (including those covered in the unit) if appropriate.

References - List any books, articles, reports, web sites etc. you have cited in the proposal.

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Reviews

len2318342

6/7/2019 10:23:54 PM

Word count: 1200 to 1500 words. In text referencing and Harvard format is very important in all the Assignments. I would like all the instructions to be followed, and if you need any information, you can contact me and for the Evaluation (Soc 818), i am working on "Their Futures Matter". Some additional points: Think of this as a job application – you want this job over all the others who have submitted a proposal for a specific evaluation job. You want to demonstrate that you have sufficient specific knowledge about the topic (child protection) as well as excellent generic knowledge about evaluation and research. If you can do both, you are likely to get the job.

len2318342

6/7/2019 10:23:49 PM

Use sources and cite them. This is an academic exercise and you need to demonstrate that you operate and work as one. Writing matters! Edit, edit and edit. You want your presentation to be flawless. This is a BIG assignment that necessitates careful considerations and plenty of reading – start early. A few days is not going to be enough unless you have previous experience in putting proposals together.

len2318342

6/7/2019 10:23:44 PM

Marking criteria - The quality of your summary, The quality of your Background/Significance/Context section. The quality of your aims and objectives section. The quality of your approach and methods section. The quality of your ethical and political issues section. In addition, Coherency, The extent to which your proposal is edited, free of spelling mistakes and readable, Referencing skills and The quality, suitability, extent and use of sources. Compare and contrast the suggested approach in part 1 to one other evaluation approach. What are the strengths and weaknesses of the two approaches?

len2318342

6/7/2019 10:23:38 PM

Marking criteria: Understanding of strengths of the suggested approach. Understanding of weaknesses of the suggested approach. Understanding of the strengths of alternative approach. Understanding of the weaknesses of the alternative approach. Understanding of how the two models compare and contrast. Also, The extent to which your proposal is edited, free of spelling mistakes and readable, Referencing skills, and The quality, suitability, extent and use of sources.

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