Integrating evaluation into an Extension program offers multiple opportunities to understand program success through achieving program goals and objectives, delivering programming using the most effective techniques, and refining program audiences. It is less common that evaluation is used to guide and validate the effectiveness of program…

Telephone interviews with 26 extension field staff and 53 nutrition specialists about use of impact indicators found that field staff saw little incentive for conducting evaluations and thought systemwide measures neglected individual program nuances. Specialists considered evaluations important but cited lack of time and resources as barriers.…