Persons unfamiliar with program evaluation may find the prospect of planning, implementing, and using results from a program evaluation somewhat daunting. This course breaks program evaluation into manageable steps so that OIB program managers can be confident in their abilities to accomplish a program evaluation that yields meaningful data.

This course is available for CRC, ACVREP, and NBPCB credit.

Course Objectives:

1. Articulate the importance of program evaluation for OIB programs.
2. Describe various methods of data collection for program evaluation.
3. Develop a plan for an OIB program evaluation.

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Mac: Voiceover with the latest version of Safari,

PC: JAWS or NVDA with Firefox.

Note that currently, course quizzes are not functioning properly for Microsoft screen reader users with Chrome or Edge.

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