Summative Evaluation - judging the worth of the program after all the activities have been done.
Reasons for doing Formative and Summative evaluation.
One good reason for doing the two evaluations is, that one has an ability to evaluate the program while the program is still happening. This will enable the designer of the program to quickly assess if the program is being truthful to its goals, and still have time to do some adjustments and iron out the kinks. Summative on the other hand, will evaluate if the program worked. This will allow the designer to either apply the program to other agencies (if it worked) or go back to the drawing board.
I like your use of the word "worth". In our evaluation class, we hear Nick use the word a lot in terms of merit which essentially is what we're trying to prove or disprove. It seems to me that you have a good understanding of the evaluation concept and purpose based of your definitions.
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