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Alkin, Marvin C.; Patton, Michael Quinn – New Directions for Program Evaluation, 1987
The user-oriented and utilization-focused evaluation design of the two-year Caribbean Agricultural Extension Project, funded by Aid to International Development, is reviewed. The evaluation scope, stakeholders, evaluation team credibility, official approval of evaluation, and confidence in the evaluation process are addressed, within a…
Descriptors: Economic Development, Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Utilization, Evaluators
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Bennett, Dean B. – Journal of Environmental Education, 1989
Described is a rationale and process that can be used for the evaluation of environmental education programs. Expectations, planning, results, and using results are all discussed as steps in the evaluation process. (CW)
Descriptors: Course Evaluation, Educational Assessment, Environmental Education, Evaluation Criteria
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Xu, Xinyi – Evaluation and Program Planning, 1993
Evaluation activities in China are examined, focusing on housing reform. How evaluation functions in justifying the political initiatives of the Chinese Communist Party is explored, and the possibility that evaluation research can become an academic field in China using Western methodology is discussed. (SLD)
Descriptors: Evaluation Needs, Evaluation Research, Evaluation Utilization, Foreign Countries
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Palumbo, Dennis J.; Hallett, Michael A. – Evaluation and Program Planning, 1993
Traditional evaluation approaches assume that consensus can be reached among policymakers, managers, and staff about goals that should guide a program. Evaluations of juvenile detention facilities and a home arrest program illustrate that consensus is not always possible. A constructionist evaluation approach is recommended for such situations.…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Conflict, Decision Making, Delinquency
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Cox, Gary B., Ed. – Evaluation and Program Planning, 1994
The nine articles of this special section focus on the role of evaluation in the reform of the mental health system in Washington. The reform process is described from its inception through its design to the dissemination and utilization of evaluation results. The final article considers implications for statewide evaluations. (SLD)
Descriptors: Change, Community Health Services, Deinstitutionalization (of Disabled), Delivery Systems