Jul 8, 2026 · 18 min · 9 segments
In this episode of the RD Exam Ready Podcast, Zak Kaesberg breaks down the different types of community program evaluations to help you confidently answer public health questions on the RD Exam…
Four words that are associated with community nutrition programs, and hopefully those four words you've heard before.
In 2027, we're seeing a big shift in the exam breakdown to be a bit more focused on community nutrition.
Formative, summative, impact, and process are types of evaluations that can be used for community nutrition programs.
Questions that are gonna be on the exam could lean you down a prompt or a situation in which you may have to identify which evaluation fits with the question.
This can be a challenging process because you sometimes have to decide if the question is pointing towards the process itself, the structure, the financials behind it, or just the materials itself.
What we're gonna do today is talk through these different types of evaluations, talk about the main differences between them, and make sure you know how to apply it to some practice questions.
Four words that are associated with community nutrition programs, and hopefully those four words you've heard before.
In 2027, we're seeing a big shift in the exam breakdown to be a bit more focused on community nutrition.
Formative, summative, impact, and process are types of evaluations that can be used for community nutrition programs.
Questions that are gonna be on the exam could lean you down a prompt or a situation in which you may have to identify which evaluation fits with the question.
This can be a challenging process because you sometimes have to decide if the question is pointing towards the process itself, the structure, the financials behind it, or just the materials itself.
What we're gonna do today is talk through these different types of evaluations, talk about the main differences between them, and make sure you know how to apply it to some practice questions.
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