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Worthen, Blaine R. – Evaluation Practice, 1995
The assertion that evaluation has become institutionalized at state and local levels to a much greater degree than is commonly understood is supported by a discussion of trends in evaluation. Evidence is presented that evaluation plays an increasingly important informational role as the level of evaluation becomes more local. (SLD)
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Utilization, Information Dissemination, Institutional Administration

Johnson, Paul L. – Evaluation Practice, 1992
Interviews with state legislators from Wisconsin (D. Bezruki), Massachusetts (T. P. Kennedy), and Virginia (P. Leone) illustrate the roles that evaluation is playing in the current state budget crisis. The influence of evaluation data appears largely specific to individual programs rather than systematically applied to the budgeting process. (SLD)
Descriptors: Budgeting, Decision Making, Evaluation Utilization, Interviews