A researcher learns that a program designed to reduce truancy in junior high school students is not successful because the staff has not been adequately trained to deal with truancy.This finding should have occurred in which phase of program evaluation?

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The finding that the staff has not been adequately trained to deal with truancy is related to how the program is being implemented (process), so it would fall under the process evaluation phase of program evaluation. The needs assessment phase focuses on identifying the problem or issue that the program is intended to address, while the program theory assessment phase focuses on determining whether the program's underlying assumptions and logic are sound. The efficiency assessment phase would involve examining the cost-effectiveness of the program.

A Researcher Learns That a Program Designed to Reduce Truancy