The Program Evaluation Model at the Dellcrest Children’s Centre

Authors

  • Frances Theodor
  • Barbara Dominic Dellcrest Children’s Centre Downsview, Ontario

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3138/cjpe.8.005

Abstract

This article focuses on the internal evaluation model that existed at the Dellcrest Children’s Centre in Toronto, Ontario, for more than a decade. The model was characterized by a systems approach to organizations in which the organization is seen as an interactive network of systems and functions. Key elements of the Dellcrest approach were: (a) the organization as goal-based; (b) evaluation results as an integral part of the organization’s feedback system; and (c) evaluation as a management responsibility. A review of 10 years of evaluation research revealed the essential soundness of the model but highlighted certain difficulties in its application.

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Published

1993-09-01

How to Cite

Theodor, F., & Dominic, B. (1993). The Program Evaluation Model at the Dellcrest Children’s Centre. Canadian Journal of Program Evaluation, 8(2), 61–71. https://doi.org/10.3138/cjpe.8.005

Issue

Vol. 8 No. 2 (1993): Fall

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Copyright (c) 1993 Frances Theodor, Barbara Dominic

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