KEY POINTS

  • The CIPP model consists of four types of evaluations with different foci.
  • Context evaluation could be said to be analogous to needs assessment, the first step in the basic performance improvement model.
  • Like Kaufman and Scriven, Stufflebeam suggests that evaluators take into account a set of relevant societal, institutional, program, and professional and technical values when evaluating programs or solutions.

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