Culturally responsive evaluation contests that Western-derived evaluation methods represent a universal truth and promotes approaches that reflect the local context. Taking this approach, we examine how the method of contribution analysis may be modified to reflect a different worldview. We reframe contribution analysis using a Confucian lens as…

The client-evaluator relationship in an evaluation of a Roman Catholic religious congregation is described. The selection of the evaluator, interactive evaluation design, instrument development, elicitation of administrative and provincial support, analysis of results, and client and evaluator perspectives are discussed. (TJH)

Drawing from educational research conducted in Canada and Mexico, university researchers explore how culture complicates both the ethics review process and the translation of ethical research principles into practice. University researchers in Canadian contexts seek approval from university Research Ethics Boards to conduct research, following…

The document addresses challenges that a developmental and wholistic approach to learning presents in the area of educational screening and evaluation in native communities. The introduction considers the connection between wholistic educational evaluation and alcohol and drug abuse, where to begin, the role of evaluation in learning, and…