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Peer reviewedTelfair, Joseph; Leviton, Laura C. – New Directions for Evaluation, 1999
Presents the perspectives on commissioning and using evaluations of community-based agency leaders through interviews with four such leaders. Discusses respondents' needs and experiences in commissioning and using evaluations and their ideas about ideal evaluation products. (Author/SLD)
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Community Leaders, Community Programs, Evaluation Methods
Peer reviewedTelfair, Joseph – New Directions for Evaluation, 1999
Discusses ways in which a community-based program evaluation can be enhanced by using a screening tool to delineate the program's evaluative needs, resources, and commitments. Describes use of the Evaluation Pre-Screening Tool and reports on some examples of successful use. (SLD)
Descriptors: Community Programs, Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Utilization, Evaluators
Peer reviewedBicknell, Rhode Yolanda Crago Alvarez; Telfair, Joseph – New Directions for Evaluation, 1999
Describes the efforts of one community to define, begin, and finally, embrace community evaluation in the evaluation of a Smart Start program in Cumberland, North Carolina. Lists lessons learned in "selling" the evaluation to the community. (SLD)
Descriptors: Community Programs, Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Utilization, Program Evaluation
