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Weitzman, Beth C.; Silver, Diana – American Journal of Evaluation, 2013
In this commentary, we examine Braverman's insights into the trade-offs between feasibility and rigor in evaluation measures and reject his assessment of the trade-off as a zero-sum game. We, argue that feasibility and policy salience are, like reliability and validity, intrinsic to the definition of a good measure. To reduce the tension between…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Measures (Individuals), Evaluation Methods, Measurement
Gibbons, Michael – International Journal of Institutional Management in Higher Education, 1985
Research evaluations should be directed at affecting the implementation of policies resulting from research, not at monitoring the outcomes of research, particularly in strategic research relating to government and industry. (MSE)
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Higher Education, Literature Reviews, Policy Formation
Pritchard, Betty – 1983
This paper proposes a humanistic approach that may not be evaluation as commonly regarded, but it does have a much greater chance to enact program improvement. It assumes that program developers and directors really want their activities to be effective and relevant. The role of the evaluator is that of facilitator, that of a linking pin to…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Needs, Evaluation Utilization
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Covaleski, Mark A.; Dirsmith, Mark W. – Evaluation and Program Planning: An International Journal, 1984
By demystifying traditional rational accounting perspectives, the work of Ginsberg (TM 508 964) offers a basis to develop notions of accountability in relation to meaningful work processes. (BW)
Descriptors: Accountability, Accountants, Accounting, Evaluation Methods
Brett, Kevin; Mathews, Carolyn – Australian Journal of Adult and Community Education, 1996
In Australia's National Professional Development Program for teachers, key processes are evaluation, quality, benchmarking, and cost-benefit analysis. Educators in South Australia (SA) are attempting to differentiate between quality assurance in project management and in program evaluation. (SK)
Descriptors: Benchmarking, Cost Effectiveness, Evaluation Methods, Foreign Countries
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Ginsberg, Pauline E. – Evaluation and Program Planning: An International Journal, 1984
Premature application of quantitative indicators formerly used for individual assessment and research to bureaucratic decision making can produce side effects that are dysfunctional in nature. In order to illustrate this phenomenon, the author reviews a general literature and utilizes examples form mental health care. (Author/BW)
Descriptors: Accountability, Decision Making, Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Utilization
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Gamble, Thomas J. – Evaluation and Program Planning: An International Journal, 1984
Based on his experience as a youth planner, the author points out that the dysfunctional side effects of evaluation described by Ginsberg (TM 508 964) also apply to statewide efforts to deinstitutionalize status offenders. (BW)
Descriptors: Accountability, Delinquency Prevention, Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Utilization
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Olson, Lynn M.; Gordon, Andrew C. – Evaluation and Program Planning: An International Journal, 1984
Using a Maternal and Child Health clinic as an example, the social context of record production is stressed. The interorganizational context of the clinic, and its influence on the clinic's record production, illustrate Ginsberg's (TM 508 964) dysfunctional side effects on quantitative indicator production. (BW)
Descriptors: Accountability, Case Records, Clinics, Evaluation Methods
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Daniels, Ralph S.; O'Neil, Christopher – Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 1979
The lack of utilization of evaluation studies is criticized. It is suggested that program directors be asked to submit proposals to evaluators which will demonstrate that the directors are competent to utilize the information provided and to assess the quality of the evaluation. (JKS)
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Agency Role, Contracts, Evaluation Methods
Sachs, Steven G. – 1984
Planning the activities for an instructional development unit and evaluating how well it has performed requires a set of standards against which the unit can be compared. This paper proposes a set of standards developed from a variety of references and personal experiences with instructional development units from across the country. Thirty-eight…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Evaluation Methods, Higher Education, Instructional Design
George Washington Univ., Washington, DC. Center for Museum Education. – 1978
This sourcebook represents a compendium of documents from museum education specialists and volunteer agencies concerned about the training and management of volunteers. The first section of the twelve-part document discusses issues which should be considered prior to initiating or changing a volunteer program. Documents within the section include…
Descriptors: Contracts, Evaluation Methods, Guides, Insurance
Bullock, Charles C. – Parks and Recreation, 1982
A symbolic interactionist approach to evaluation views the evaluator as an observer of group behavior in which individual action aligns with collective action. The evaluator attempts to discover what is actually going on in the program being evaluated. Though the interactionist approach frees the program manager from having to articulate goals, it…
Descriptors: Delivery Systems, Evaluation Methods, Evaluators, Group Behavior
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Bernstein, Daniel J. – Innovative Higher Education, 1996
While frank evaluation of instructional improvement needs is an important element in faculty development, it does not work well in a highly evaluative climate. Developmental and evaluative activities can be integrated effectively with a long-range perspective; when periodic evaluations are required, administration should reward effort without…
Descriptors: College Faculty, College Instruction, Departments, Evaluation Methods
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Lonsdale, Alan – Australian Journal of Education, 1998
Systematic staff appraisal/performance management has been assumed to be an important part of quality management in higher-education institutions, but past approaches to it have had confused purposes and have made minimal contributions to enhancing institutional performance. For performance management to be relevant, it must focus on leadership of…
Descriptors: Educational Quality, Educational Trends, Evaluation Methods, Futures (of Society)
Toombs, William – 1980
The areas of educational programs, their design and operation, their intellectual base, and their philosophic presumptions are examined. Part One discusses the nature of academic programs in colleges and universities: influences, purposes, and priorities; and the concept of curriculum and its origins, definition, and design. It is proposed that…
Descriptors: Academic Education, College Curriculum, Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development
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