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Question: "Program evaluation", as we know it, began in the late 1800s as a rough set of social science investigative techniques and measuring tools to study perceived social problems and to propose methods for solving them and assessing observable results against intended goals, Describe the various stages of program evaluation development in history in the U.S. and Canada and assess their relative success or failure by making reference to materials in the text and other documents assigned as required readings or handed out in class. Do the lessons learned from these cumulative approaches suggest evaluators are making progress in convincing decision-makers and stakeholders of the reliability of their findings in making program decisions rather than relying on political "gut feelings" and ideological values? Do the lessons learned from North American program evaluations suggest that there are any differences or similarities in the way Canadian and American evaluators design and carry out program evaluations? Discuss.