This week you will write the final evaluation report of your program evaluation.The final report should include the information developed in weeks 1 through 4 revised based on the instructor’s feedb

Program Evaluation

Vibert Jacob

South University

7/24/18

The program

Georgia Schools Punishment System

The history, mission statement, and programs

The program that is involved in this case involves a state by the name of Georgia. The history of Georgia goes back to 1733 and it was named after its founder by the name Georgia. Considering that this is a state, it does not have a mission statement, and this is because it is not an organization. The program that is at hand is associated with the corporal punishment in Georgia schools.

The program selected

Georgia Schools Punishment System is the program that has been selected. More than half of the states in the United States have banned corporal punishments in public schools. However, Georgia is among the nineteen states that have allowed the corporal punishment to continue being exercised in its public schools.

Major stakeholders for the program

The major stakeholders are the education department in Georgia and the state administration. The state administration has the responsibility to constitute laws that are essential for the state dwellers (Posavac, 2015). On the other hand, the education department is given the mandate to take care of the educational needs of the state.

The type of program evaluation

The type of program evaluation that will be implemented in this case is summative program evaluation. The summative program evaluation is used to determine whether a program should be expanded, limited, or disbanded (Lorden et al. 2016). The current program is already functional and that means that the program evaluation method that should be utilized should be providing guidance on whether to disband or promote the program.

Potential ethical issues related to the program evaluation and strategies to address the issues

Some of the potential issues that are related to the program evaluation are the access and the utilization of data to make conclusions that might affect the position of the state administration. To make sure that the issues are addressed, it would be better to ask for consent from the Georgia State administration. Doing so will avoid any future wrangles that might affect the adoption or implementation of the results (Lorden et al. 2016).

Evaluation criteria

Benchmarking will be the criterion that will be utilized in this case. The laws about the corporal punishment in the United States will be used for benchmarking and knowing if the program is suitable in the state or not (Lorden et al. 2016).

Evaluation methodology;

Data sources

The data will be collected from the schools cites and the department of education in Georgia. At the same time, other reliable sources that are available on the internet will be utilized.

Methods to collect data

The method for collecting the data will be a systematic review method. This is a process where the materials that focus on one subject matter are collected and analyzed.

Data analysis

The qualitative data analysis method will come in handy. The qualitative data analysis method has the ability to provide detailed data that helps to draw conclusions which are relevant and essential to the research process.

Evaluation of the results

The results will be evaluated in line with the patterns of the collected data. After the collection of data, the information is grouped in patterns and this makes it easier to observe the trends. Evaluating the data based on the trends is essential because it will help to obtain credible and reliable information (Lorden et al. 2016).

How the findings will be presented to the stakeholders and the likely reactions

The findings will be presented to the stakeholders during a meeting. When presenting the findings of a program evaluation, it is imperative to be physically present to answer questions that may arise (Posavac, 2015). Considering that the stakeholders have been the promoters of the corporal punishment in the state, they are likely to counter-attack the arguments or findings of the evaluation.

Strategies to encourage the utilization of the findings

The best strategy to encourage the utilization of the findings is by taking the stakeholders through the statistics of the states that have abolished the corporal punishment (Lorden et al. 2016). The right of the children or rather students need to be insisted on and that might convince the stakeholders to utilize the results.

Learning cultures and how to facilitate the development of learning

The cultural dimensional approach learning culture is suitable in this case. It focuses on the differences that are present and tries to make sure that the differences present a learning opportunity rather than a challenge.

References

Lorden, A. L., Radcliff, T. A., Jiang, L., Horel, S. A., Smith, M. L., Lorig, K., ... & Ory, M. (2016). Leveraging Administrative Data for Program Evaluations: A Method for Linking Data Sets Without Unique Identifiers. Evaluation & the health professions, 39(2), 245 259.

Posavac, E. J. (2015). Program evaluation: Methods and case studies. Routledge.