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Instrument of torture for the grad students

2/2 These two chapters focus on Eval of PYD OSTs specifically, but it articulates program Eval concepts SO much more clearly than the Rossi et al text. All the language is approachable and written *with the reader in mind.* You can use the chapters as supplements or full replacements to the text, your choice.

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To anyone struggling through this book, I HIGHLY recommend checking out Youth Development: Principles and Practices in Out-of-School Time Settings, 2nd Edition chapters 13 and 14.
13: Intentional Programming Using Logic Models by Linda L. Caldwell, Peter A. Witt, and Cheryl K. Baldwin
14: Program Assessment and Evaluation by Ann Gillard and Laurie Browne

It is not often that I truly hate a book, but ohhhhhhhh. Ohhh this one. :///// I am! Not a fan!! The great irony here is that program eval is SO close to curriculum, but this text absolutely misses the mark in delivering comprehensible curriculum to its target audience.

Absolutely not vibing with this one. Lacking in clear and structured arrangement of ideas, wayyy wayyyy overly academic tone, poorly designed, insufficient and confusing examples, etc.

Reading this while eating crackers and you’ll never guess which of the two, book or cracker, is drier.

Right off the bat, I think this book and I are going to have some Conflicting Opinions. The limited breadth of stakeholders and the focus on single defined outcomes… not my vibe. I’m wondering if perhaps I have a problem with the discipline as a whole actually, and this book is just how I’m learning that particular bit of self-knowledge.