Michael Quinn Patton, PhD, is an independent consultant who has been conducting program evaluations since the 1970s. Based in Minnesota, he was on the faculty of the University of Minnesota for 18 years and is a former president of the American Evaluation Association (AEA). Dr. Patton is author of more than a dozen books on evaluation. He is a recipient of the Alva and Gunnar Myrdal Evaluation Practice Award, the Paul F. Lazarsfeld Evaluation Theory Award, and the Research on Evaluation Award, all from AEA. He has also received the Lester F. Ward Distinguished Contribution to Applied and Clinical Sociology Award from the Association for Applied and Clinical Sociology. In 2021, Dr. Patton received the first Transformative Evaluator Award from EvalYouth. He is an active speaker, trainer, and workshop presenter who has conducted applied research and evaluation on a broad range of issues and has worked with organizations and programs at the international, national, state, provincial, and local levels. Charmagne E. Campbell-Patton, MA, is a second-generation evaluator and twelfth-generation European settler based in Minneapolis. Since the early 2000s, her professional experience spans program design, implementation, and evaluation work across a range of fields, including youth engagement, education, criminal and juvenile justice, and philanthropy. Ms. Campbell-Patton specializes in qualitative research methods and utilization-focused developmental evaluation.
Description
Supporting responsiveness and adaptation in volatile times, developmental evaluation (DE) has transitioned from being a niche option to a widely used, mainstream approach, making the significantly revised second edition of this groundbreaking book especially needed. The new ADAPT organizing framework provides key guidance for conducting Agile, Dynamic, Actionable, Principled, and Timely evaluations that contribute to a vision of a more equitable and resilient future. With insight and humor, the book explains the whats, whys, and how-tos of using DE in ongoing program development, extending principles of practice to local or global contexts, and facilitating real-time, actionable responses to emergence, turbulence, and uncertainty. User-friendly features for students and evaluators include concrete examples and cases, engaging writing, cartoons, instructive sidebars, summary tables, and new Tips and Traps in each chapter. New To This Edition Insights, wisdom, and data from over 15 years of large-scale implementation and DE training around the world. New and expanded topics--the intensifying climate crisis; evaluation lessons learned from COVID-19; emerging applications of AI; developments in data visualization, systems mapping, and theories of transformation; and more. New chapter organization highlighting each element of ADAPT. Every chapter concludes with aEURoeTips and Traps--what to watch for and what to avoid.
1. The Adaptation Imperative - The Ongoing Evolution of DE - Why DE? - DE in Support of an Experimenting Society - Proliferation of Evaluation Approaches and Options - The Emergence of DE - Early Implementation of DE - Developmental Purpose - Beyond Niche to Mainstream - DE Applications in Support of Adaptation - Adaptation versus Adoption of a Model - Large-Scale DE - The DE Experience - Tips & Traps - Summary and Conclusion 2. The ADAPT Frame - ADAPT - A--AGILE - D--DYNAMIC - A--ACTIONABLE - P--PRINCIPLED - T--TIMELY - Tips & Traps - Summary and Conclusion 3. Agile - Agile Mindsets - Agile Adaptation During COVID-19 - The Agile Manifesto - Agile Facilitation - Tips & Traps - Summary and Conclusion 4. Dynamic - Developmental Dynamics - Dynamic DE Design - The Dynamic Nature of Systems Thinking - Systems Mapping - Systems Change - Complexity Framing - The Dynamics of Emergence - Nonlinear Dynamics - Distinguishing Simple, Complicated, and Complex - Rigor in Dynamic Designs - Dynamic Planning - Dynamic Evaluation Questions - Dynamic Data Collection - Dynamic Monitoring - DE as Dynamic Reframing - Dynamic DE Exemplar: COBALT Place-Based Systems Change - Tips & Traps - Summary and Conclusion 5. Actionable - Utilization Focus - Situational Alignment - The Seven Directions Medicine Wheel as an Actionable Inquiry Framework - What Makes an Insight Actionable - Variations in Action Context - Actionable DE Exemplar: World Savvy - Actionable Learning - Adaptive Action - Actionable Lessons - Reflection in Action and Reflection on Action - Action Research - Tips & Traps - Summary and Conclusion 6. Principled - Principles-Focused Evaluation - Principles of DE - Interconnected Principles in Practice - Principles-Focused DE - DE Champion Spotlight: Randi Roth as Exemplary Commissioner, Funder, Partner, and User of DE - Tips & Traps - Summary and Conclusion 7. Timely - Timely Data - Aligned Timelines - Just-in-Time Feedback - Rapid Baselines and Rapid Recon - Time Requirements - Timely Relationships - Timeliness Throughout the ADAPT Frame - Timeliness and Artificial Intelligence - Timely Data Visualization - Direction, Pace, and Distance - Past, Present, and Future DE - Summative versus Summary: Drawing Conclusions from DE - Synthesizing Over Time and Phases - Making Senese of Cumulative Developments - The Logic of Evaluation - The Development of a DE Synthesis - Tips & Traps - Summary and Conclusion 8. The Future of Developmental Evaluation: Emergent Applications and a Learning Agenda - Increased Use and Scope of DE - The ADAPT Experience - Variations on a Theme: Diverse Contributions of DE - Looking Ahead: Five Premises about the Future - Alternative and Aligned Actions - Reflective Practice - Failure to ADAPT - A Glimpse Toward the Future of Evaluation - Tips & Traps - Summary and Conclusion References Index