"Utilization-Focused Evaluation" (book)

"Utilization-Focused Evaluation" is a book that emphasizes designing and conducting evaluations with the primary goal of ensuring useful results for decision-makers. Instead of just assessing a program's effectiveness in theory, it focuses on what users need to know to improve or make informed choices. By involving stakeholders early and tailoring the evaluation to their needs, it aims to produce practical insights that are actually used in real-world practice. Essentially, it's about making evaluations relevant and actionable, ensuring that findings help guide meaningful improvements and decisions.