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Caracelli, Valerie J. – New Directions for Evaluation, 2000
Reviews some of the central insights from the preceding chapters of this issue as they relate to historical marker events from the past three decades that have influenced the evaluation profession and expanded notions of evaluation use. (Author/SLD)
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Utilization, Evaluators, Professional Development

Mark, Melvin M. – American Journal of Evaluation, 2001
Reviews the conclusions drawn in articles in this special issue and comments on some of the major themes, including paradigm debates, context issues, the role of evaluators and evaluation, the performance measurement movement, and the impact of new technologies on evaluation. (SLD)
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Utilization, Evaluators, Performance Based Assessment

House, Ernest R.; Howe, Kenneth R. – American Journal of Evaluation, 1998
Chelimsky, former head of the Program Evaluation and Methodology Division of the General Accounting Office, suggested that advocacy by evaluators destroys their credibility. Evaluators should, this author argues, be advocates for democracy and the public interest, with the question being how explicitly and how defensibly. (SLD)
Descriptors: Advocacy, Credibility, Democracy, Ethics