How to reconcile the requirements of proper evaluation and the process needs of
organizations is not straightforward. First, it may be that evaluations are too narrow in
their scope. Including process indicators in their designs adds to the list of measurable
variables without discounting product variables. Sometimes this is done to boast success
when the products are poor, but the intent here is to recognize the inevitability of process
and account for it accordingly. Second, it may be that the failure to explicitly acknowledge
process undermines product outcomes because programs with a product evaluation
bias may short-circuit the social learning process. How programs can be evaluated
without undermining process is an enormous challenge for community justice.