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Taylor, Paul J.; Russ-Eft, Darlene F.; Taylor, Hazel – American Journal of Evaluation, 2009
We tested for inflationary bias introduced through retrospective pretests by analyzing traditional pretest, retrospective pretest, and posttest evaluation data collected on a first-line supervisory leadership training program, involving 196 supervisors and their subordinates, across 17 organizational settings. Retrospective pretest ratings by both…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Pretests Posttests, Leadership Training, Effect Size
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Tancheva, Kornelia; Andrews, Camille; Steinhart, Gail – Public Services Quarterly, 2007
Determining the best methods of assessment for a library instruction program in a large research university can be a challenging task. Albert R. Mann Library at Cornell University Library has pilot-tested three methods of formative and summative assessment for its library instruction program--attitudinal, outcomes-based, and gap-measure--and…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Library Instruction, Teaching Methods, Evaluation Methods