Leadership asks whether a job club is effective. Attendance sheets show full rooms. What program-evaluation focus best answers the effectiveness question?
Select an answer to reveal the explanation.
Short Explanation
A packed room means people showed up—not that anyone got hired. Effectiveness is about outcomes like placements, not just warm chairs. Track the result you actually care about.
Full Explanation
Program evaluation for rehabilitation services should distinguish activity measures (such as attendance) from outcome measures (such as placement or employment rates). Full job-club attendance does not by itself demonstrate effectiveness. Outcome-focused evaluation determines whether the service improves the employment results the program exists to achieve.