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Peer reviewedStanfield, Jonathan; Smith, Nick L. – Evaluation and Program Planning: An International Journal, 1984
The basic functions and procedures of management consulting are contrasted with formal program evaluation. A case example illustrates the differing approaches used in programmatic problem solving. The similarities and differences between these specializations are highlighted to understand their unique but complementary contributions to the…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Consultants, Evaluators, Program Administration
Download full textCaulley, Darrel N.; Smith, Nick L. – 1978
Heads of evaluation units in 21 state education agencies responded to a structured telephone interview about their unit's workload, evaluation methods, and associated problems and needs. Time committed to evaluation ranged from 10% to 100% and did not relate to staff size which ranged from 1-72. Eleven states contracted some of their evaluations.…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Needs, Evaluators
Gray, Peter J.; Smith, Nick L. – 1983
Over 30 professional evaluators in five state departments of education and 5 large school districts were interviewed periodically over a 10-month period in 1982 to find out how the Education Consolidation Improvement Act of 1981 (ECIA) was affecting program evaluation activities. Preliminary findings on the impact of ECIA Chapter 1 (compensatory…
Descriptors: Block Grants, Compensatory Education, Decentralization, Educational Change
