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Funders require evaluations to determine if grant programs achieved their goals. Formative and summative evaluations assess programs. Formative evaluations help improve programs while they are being developed, while summative evaluations determine the degree of success after a program is complete. Grant proposals commonly use criteria like outcomes, impacts, efficiency and effectiveness to evaluate programs.

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Most funders will request an evaluation of the grant program.
The funder wants evidence that the funded program achieved its
intended outcomes. Therefore, understanding types of
evaluation methods and evaluation criteria is important. Using
the course material and additional research:
Discuss formative and summative evaluations.
Research evaluation criteria used in three grant proposals,
identify the criteria used, and discuss any commonalities
between the criteria.
Now that you know more about program evaluations, how might
you write the grant proposal differently?

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