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Policy Evaluation for Policy Communities: Confronting the Utilization Problem.

Peer reviewed

Mitchell, Jerry – Evaluation Practice, 1990

The relationship between alternative evaluation approaches and the concerns of policy communities is examined. It is assumed that there are certain criteria and methods that are more relevant to particular types of policy discussions. Evaluation methodology should be based on the interests of the policy actors involved. (TJH)

Descriptors: Educational Policy, Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Utilization, Policy Formation

What Have We Learned about the Politics of Program Evaluation?

Peer reviewed

Chelimsky, Eleanor – Evaluation Practice, 1987

Reflections on the politics of program evaluation are presented. Topics discussed include policy question development and translation into evaluation questions, translation of evaluation questions into the evaluation proper, translation of evaluation findings into policy, and generation of new policy questions. (TJH)

Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Utilization, Planning, Policy Formation

If Program Decisions Hinged Only on Information: A Response to Patton.

Peer reviewed

Weiss, Carol H. – Evaluation Practice, 1988

Differing views about the success evaluators have had in improving programs directly are contrasted. It is suggested that evaluation, even when decisions are not based directly on evaluation outcomes, should represent continuing education for program managers, planners, and policy makers with probable impact in the future. (SLD)

Descriptors: Decision Making, Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Utilization, Policy Formation

How Policy Is Made and How Evaluators Can Affect It.

Peer reviewed

Grob, George – Evaluation Practice, 1992

How policy is developed and how evaluators can participate in the process are discussed, focusing on federal evaluators. The strongest weapon of an evaluator is a short, easy-to-read report with a simple, compelling message. Federal policy evaluators must learn to be content with slow gains. (SLD)

Descriptors: Evaluation Utilization, Evaluators, Federal Government, Government Role

The Interaction of Politics and Evaluation.

Peer reviewed

Hedrick, Terry E. – Evaluation Practice, 1988

The political context of evaluation is described, with positive and negative influences. Strategies are proposed for preserving the credibility of evaluation in political contexts. Researchers must maintain the neutral posture of the basic scientist. (SLD)

Descriptors: Credibility, Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Utilization, Government (Administrative Body)

An Optimistic View of Evaluation.

Peer reviewed

Bickman, Leonard – Evaluation Practice, 1994

The author's optimistic view of evaluation in the future includes increased utilization, especially in the private sector; more professionalization, with potential for conflict; more academic program development; more use in policy; increase in the use of complex methods; and more involvement in program development. (SLD)

Descriptors: Conflict, Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Problems, Evaluation Utilization

Another Look at the Future of Program Evaluation in the Federal Government: Five Views.

Peer reviewed

Wye, Chris; Sonnichsen, Richard – Evaluation Practice, 1992

Views of five members of the evaluation community in Washington (D.C.) concerning the future of evaluation in the federal government are summarized. Evaluators include (1) E. Chelimsky; (2) M. F. Mangano; (3) J. S. Wholey; (4) R. C. Sonnichsen; and (5) C. Wye. (SLD)

Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Evaluation Utilization, Federal Government, Futures (of Society)

The Political Environment of Evaluation and What It Means for the Development of the Field.

Peer reviewed

Chelimsky, Eleanor – Evaluation Practice, 1995

It is time for the field of evaluation to recognize that the ability to serve policy depends as much on what is understood about how politics works as it does on the quality and appropriateness of evaluation methods. Evaluations must be defensible as the political mix changes. (SLD)

Descriptors: Context Effect, Environmental Influences, Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Utilization

Role of the Evaluation Function in Federal Government.

Peer reviewed

Wye, Chris; And Others – Evaluation Practice, 1989

Three articles on evaluation in the Federal government describe a decline in budget and staff support, narrowing of the agenda to internal management issues, and the subordination of evaluation to other functions. Issues for the future of Federal government evaluation are discussed. (SLD)

Descriptors: Budgeting, Evaluation Problems, Evaluation Utilization, Federal Government