evaluation
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In common usage, evaluation is a systematic determination and assessment of a subject's merit, worth and significance, using criteria governed by a set of standards. It can assist an organization, program, design, project or any other intervention or initiative to assess any aim, realizable concept/proposal, or any alternative, to help in decision-making; or to generate the degree of achievement or value in regard to the aim and objectives and results of any such action that has been completed.
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- Evaluation
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- Definition
- Purpose
- Discussion
- Standards
- Perspectives
- Approaches
- Classification of approaches
- Summary of approaches
- Pseudo-evaluation
- Objectivist, elite, quasi-evaluation
- Objectivist, mass, quasi-evaluation
- Objectivist, elite, true evaluation
- Objectivist, mass, true evaluation
- Subjectivist, elite, true evaluation
- Subject, mass, true evaluation
- Client-centered
- Methods and techniques
- See also
- References
- External links
In common usage, evaluation is a systematic determination and assessment of a subject's merit, worth and significance, using criteria governed by a set of standards. It can assist an organization, program, design, project or any other intervention or initiative to assess any aim, realizable concept/proposal, or any alternative, to help in decision-making; or to generate the degree of achievement or value in regard to the aim and objectives and results of any such action that has been completed.
The primary purpose of evaluation, in addition to gaining insight into prior or existing initiatives, is to enable reflection and assist in the identification of future change. Evaluation is often used to characterize and appraise subjects of interest in a wide range of human enterprises, including the arts, criminal justice, foundations, non-profit organizations, government, health care, and other human services. It is long term and done at the end of a period of time.