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Download full textScriven, Michael – 1980
This thesaurus to the evaluation field is not restricted to educational evaluation or to program evaluation, but also refers to product, personnel, and proposal evaluation, as well as to quality control, the grading of work samples, and to all the other areas in which disciplined evaluation is practiced. It contains many suggestions, procedures,…
Descriptors: Definitions, Educational Assessment, Evaluation, Evaluation Methods
Peer reviewedScriven, Michael – Evaluation Practice, 1996
The formative-summative distinction in evaluation is defended as a reasonable way to classify evaluation activities. Context ultimately defines the formative or summative functions of evaluation. The characteristics of an evaluator are defined, and points of agreement with the other contributors to the forum are noted. (SLD)
Descriptors: Classification, Context Effect, Definitions, Evaluation Methods
