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Christie, Christina A.; Alkin, Marvin C. – Studies in Educational Evaluation, 1999
Discusses the misuse of evaluation by exploring the ethics of those using the evaluation. Characterizes various misuse situations, including financial misuse, and provides insight into why misuse of evaluation takes place. (SLD)
Descriptors: Ethics, Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Utilization

Alkin, Marvin C.; Ellett, Frederick – Studies in Educational Evaluation, 1979
This essay discusses principles which govern evaluation theorizing, describing theorizing as a subjective, informal, and dynamic process. The papers of Rippey, Guba, and Wolf are used to illustrate the process of theory development, with special reference to evaluation as rhetoric. (See TM 504 630-635). (CTM)
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Conceptual Schemes, Development, Educational Assessment