In this course, students learn how to design and carry out evidence-informed evaluations of social work interventions, services, and programs. Students gain experience identifying, appraising, and integrating research evidence, utilize assessments to develop practice/program evaluation plans; identify, appraise, select, and develop reliable and valid data collection measures; design practical data collection strategies in partnership with client systems; prepare, analyze, and summarize evaluation data; and utilize evaluation findings to inform treatment and program planning efforts. The course pays particular attention to the ethical imperative to evaluate social work practice, issues and limitations of practice/program evaluation, and the political, social, cultural, and organizational contexts in which social work evaluation takes place.
Gopher Grades is maintained by Social Coding with data from Summer 2017 to Fall 2025 provided by the University in response to a public records request