Application of an evaluation model and implementation of an evaluation strategy or model is related integrally to the ethical standards of the profession. By completing this assignment, you will demonstrate competency in an important facet of developing a comprehensive evaluation plan for an adult education program. Given below are the scoring guide criteria and additional instructions.

Write a paper in which you address each category of standards.
• Analyze the proposed program for application of the Joint Committee standards.
o Read and reflect on each standard on evaluation by the Joint Committee on Standards for Educational Evaluation. Analyze how the standard would apply or not apply to your proposed program. Present at least one well-developed paragraph, describing how each standard would apply, or not apply to your program.

• Devise strategies for ensuring program adherence to program evaluation standards in evaluation plan implementation.
o Determine the specific steps you would take to ensure the program’s adherence to the standard. Which standard appears to you, at this point, to be most problematic for your program?

Spaulding, D. T. (2014). Program evaluation in practice: Core concepts and examples for discussion and analysis (2nd ed.). San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.
o Read “Preface,” pages xiv–xxv.
o Read Chapter 1, “Foundations of Program Evaluation,” pages 3–38.
o Read Chapter 2, “Ethics in Program Evaluation,” pages 41–58.
o Read Chapter 3, “In-Depth Look at the Objectives-Based Approach to Evaluation,” pages 59–67.

Use your Planning Programs for Adult Learners text to read the following. These readings will give you an overview of evaluation planning and implementation.
Caffarella, R. S., & Daffron, S. R. (2013). Planning programs for adult learners: A practical guide (3rd ed.). San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.
o Chapter 10, “Formulating Program Evaluation Plans,” pages 232–258.

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