Describing Your Program

The process of evaluation begins with specifying exactly what is being evaluated. This careful specification is necessary in order to make the structured comparisons that lie at the heart of any evaluation. It begins with a statement of the problem or problems being addressed by the program under evaluation; that is, it reviews the program goals. It then outlines the population being served and the services provided. Finally, it considers the process by which the services provided will produce the desired effects on the persons being served.