Debates on evaluation
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Debates on evaluation
Sage Publications, c1990
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Proceedings of a conference held at the UCLA Malibu Conference Facility and sponsored by the National Institute of Education under the auspices of the UCLA Center for the Study of Evaluation
Includes bibliographical references
Description and Table of Contents
Description
A penetrating dialogue among top evaluation theoreticians and practitioners is presented in this volume. It is based on the Malibu Evaluation Conference, convened to synthesize positions on the current status of evaluation utilization: research, implications for practice and potential new directions. The meeting's agenda expanded to explore the very nature of alternative conceptions of programme evaluation.
Table of Contents
Prologue - Marvin C Alkin, Ross Conner, Ernest House, Michael H Kean, Jean King, Susan Klein, Alex Law, Milbrey W McLaughlin, Michael Quinn Patton and Carol H Weiss
PART ONE: EVALUATION UTILIZATION
Utilization Factors
Other Utilization Issues
Research, Dissemination and Training
PART TWO: EVALUATION THEORY
Purposes and Function
Audience
Role of Evaluator
Methods
PART THREE: EVALUATION THEORY DISTINCTIONS: FURTHER DEBATE
Evaluation for Decisions - Carol H Weiss
Is Anybody There? Does Anybody Care?
The Evaluator's Responsibility for Utilization - Michael Quinn Patton
How Primary is Your Identity as an Evaluator? - Michael Quinn Patton
If Program Decisions Hinged Only on Information - Carol H Weiss
A Response to Patton
PART FOUR: POLITICS AND ETHICS
Ethical Issues
Evaluation Misuse
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