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Current and Developing Conceptions of Use: Evaluation Use TIG Survey Results.
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Preskill, Hallie; Caracelli, Valerie – Evaluation Practice, 1997
A survey was sent to members of the Evaluation Use Topical Interest Group (TIG) to determine their perceptions about and experiences with evaluation use. Responses from 282 members show agreement on the major purposes of evaluation and an increased use of performance-results oriented and formative evaluations. (SLD)
Descriptors: Evaluation Utilization, Evaluators, Formative Evaluation, Performance Based Assessment
Epilogue: Synthesizing Formative/Summative Evaluation Issues and Beyond.
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Chen, Huey-tsyh – Evaluation Practice, 1996
The viewpoints of contributors to the forum are reviewed. Many of the disagreements represent fundamental differences in what constitutes evaluation. All four authors agree that the formative/summative distinction is useful and will continue to be an important concept in program evaluation, although the distinction needs greater clarification.…
Descriptors: Context Effect, Evaluation Methods, Evaluators, Formative Evaluation
"Beyond Formative and Summative Evaluation" Revisited.
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Worthen, B. R. – Evaluation Practice, 1996
In 1991, Michael Scriven published "Beyond Formative and Summative Evaluation," a reconsideration of the classic distinction in evaluation roles. Debate about the roles of evaluation continued in the four papers that follow this introduction, all of which were presented at a forum at the 1995 International Evaluation Conference. (SLD)
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Evaluators, Formative Evaluation, Performance Based Assessment
Types of Evaluation and Types of Evaluator.
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Scriven, Michael – Evaluation Practice, 1996
The formative-summative distinction in evaluation is defended as a reasonable way to classify evaluation activities. Context ultimately defines the formative or summative functions of evaluation. The characteristics of an evaluator are defined, and points of agreement with the other contributors to the forum are noted. (SLD)
Descriptors: Classification, Context Effect, Definitions, Evaluation Methods
Another Perspective on the Role of an Internal Evaluator.
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Huberty, Carl J. – Evaluation Practice, 1988
The evaluator's roles--change agent, manager, resource person, interpreter, and liaison between the project and the funding agency--are described, concerning the evaluation of innovative projects in education. Difficulties in obtaining desired commitments (i.e., a project's financial commitments and its positive attitude toward the evaluation…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Educational Finance, Evaluation Problems, Evaluators
The Evaluator as "Personal Coach."
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Hendricks, Michael – Evaluation Practice, 1993
A good formative evaluator, who helps programs become as effective as possible, behaves remarkably like a good personal coach. Nine ways in which a formative evaluator can help a program manager are listed, and implications for practicing evaluators and the evaluation profession are detailed. (SLD)
Descriptors: Administrators, Definitions, Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Utilization
Evaluator Collaboration across Diverse AIDS-Related Education Programs.
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Rudd, Rima E.; And Others – Evaluation Practice, 1993
Events that brought independent evaluators together to address common problems and issues in the area of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) education are described, focusing on development and accomplishments of the collaboration. The foundation stemmed from the funding agency's insistence that each program identify an evaluator. (SLD)
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Cooperation, Disease Control, Evaluation Problems