Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preface -- The evaluability assessment story -- Evaluability assessment and program evaluation -- Introducing our evaluability assessment model -- Focusing the evaluability assessment -- Developing an initial program theory -- Gathering feedback on program theory -- Using the evaluability assessment -- Additional considerations -- References -- Index.

This book clarifies what EA actually is and how it can be used, demonstrates EA as an approach to evaluative inquiry with multidisciplinary and global appeal, and identifies and describes the purposes and benefits to using EA. Using case examples contributed by EA practitioners, the text illustrates important features of EA use, and showcases how EA is used in a variety of disciplines and evaluation contexts. This text is appropriate as an instructional text for graduate level evaluation courses and training, and as a resource for evaluation practitioners, policymakers, funding agencies, and professional training.

Provides a practical, up-to-date treatment of evaluability assessment (EA) focused on application, and capturing the multidisciplinary appeal of EA with case studies from different disciplines.