‘The intervening mechanism evaluation approach assesses whether the causal assumptions underlying a program are functioning as stakeholders had projected (Chen, 1990). […] It is not always labeled in the same way by those who apply it. Some evaluators have referred to it as “theory of change evaluation” (Connell, Kubisch, Schorr, & Weiss, 1995) or “theory-based evaluation” (Rogers, Hasci, Petrosino, & Huebner, 2000; Weiss, 1997).’
Chen, H. T. (2015, p. 312). Practical Program Evaluation: Theory-Driven Evaluation and the Integrated Evaluation Perspective. SAGE Publications Ltd.
Suggested citation: Fugard, A. (2023, December 7). Intervening mechanism evaluation [blog post]. https://andifugard.info/intervening-mechanism-evaluation/
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