Evaluations and Budget Paper - Benefits, Differences, Types and Importance

Running head: EVALUATIONS AND BUDGET PAPER
Evaluations and Budget Paper
Name of the Student
Name of the University
Author’s note

EVALUATIONS AND BUDGET PAPER1
Table of Contents
Benefits of an evaluation plan....................................................................................................1
Differences between a process evaluation and an outcome evaluation.....................................2
Types of budgets used in grant funding.....................................................................................3
Importance of these budgets.......................................................................................................4
References..................................................................................................................................5

EVALUATIONS AND BUDGET PAPER2
Benefits of an evaluation plan
An evaluation can be defined as a system or a process that is required for critical
examination of a particular program. The evaluation plan involves different kinds of activities
such as collection and analysis of information that is based on the different characteristics of
a particular activity (Carlini & Gadaleta, 2017). The next step is to form judgements about
the program for improving its efficiencies. Therefore, an evaluation plan can be used for
many purposes as stated below.
1) The plan helps in setting goals and objectives for the evaluation process that
would take place in the future. The plan provides a vision that the planners desire
out of the entire process of evaluation.
2) The evaluation plan helps in better understanding the needs of the target audiences
and the ways to be taken for addressing these needs.
3) The plan would help in designing concrete objectives that are short-term and
measurable.
4) The plan would also aid towards monitoring progress about the achievement of
these objectives more effectively as well as efficiently (Carlini & Gadaleta, 2017).
5) The evaluation system helps the users to gain more knowledge about the
procedure of evaluation.
6) Conducting an effective evaluation plan would increase the productivity as well as
efficiency of the entire evaluation program.
7) The evaluation plan also helps in developing greater support in carrying out the
evaluation program.
8) The entire evaluation system including the evaluation plan helps in the
advancement of the learning of the students such that they become aware of the
values that shape the evaluation system.