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Peer reviewedPatton, Michael Quinn – Adult Learning, 1991
Refutes three evaluation myths--(1) evaluation is findings; (2) outcomes are hard to measure; and (3) evaluation is an add-on--with three principles: (1) evaluation is a learning process; (2) soft data about important issues are better than hard data about unimportant issues; and (3) meaningful evaluation is integrated into teaching and learning.…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Evaluation Utilization, Outcomes of Education, Program Evaluation
Download full textCumming, Alister – TESL Canada Journal, 1988
The evaluation of second language programs is an educational task with profound potential for improving pedagogical practice. Evaluators who educate perform more than just a "service" function by helping people to learn, develop themselves, and refine their abilities to work more effectively. (CB)
Descriptors: Evaluation Utilization, Evaluators, Foreign Countries, Formative Evaluation
Peer reviewedGrover, Paul L.; Uguroglu, Margaret E. – Evaluation and the Health Professions, 1984
Ethical issues relating to naturalistic evaluation are addressed, focusing on the role of the evaluator, problems of privacy and data gathering techniques, and issues relating to the use/abuse of findings. Benefits and costs of the naturalistic approach to program evaluation are also identified. (EGS)
Descriptors: Classroom Observation Techniques, Data Collection, Ethics, Evaluation Methods
Crosson, Frederick – North Central Association Quarterly, 1988
The philosophy of accreditation is discussed in a paper commissioned by the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools for a project on "Rethinking Accreditation." After defining accreditation and distinguishing it from assessment, evaluation and "meta-evaluation" are discussed, including the nature of accreditation in…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Accreditation (Institutions), Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods
Schell, John W.; Brauchle, Paul E. – 1986
Process evaluation has great potential to meet the needs of managers who are charged with operating employment and training programs under the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA). One adaptation of process evaluation could make use of a personal computer to enhance the cost-effectiveness and quick turn-around time of this method of assessing the…
Descriptors: Computer Oriented Programs, Employment Programs, Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Utilization
Ruhland, Sheila K. – 1994
The evaluation process provides valuable information so that practitioners may share and benchmark their efforts to improve and enhance the quality of the educational reform initiative called tech prep. Evaluation should be part of every phase of a tech prep initiative, from needs assessment to completion. A tech prep program is typically at one…
Descriptors: Accountability, Cost Effectiveness, Decision Making, Educational Change
Gonzalez, Patricia – 1994
This paper discusses program evaluation as a condition for the receipt of federal funds under Part B of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. It focuses on some actual and potential linkages between effectiveness or outcome evaluation, implementation evaluation, compliance monitoring, and the concepts of program improvement and…
Descriptors: Accountability, Compliance (Legal), Disabilities, Educational Assessment
