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Peer reviewedBickman, Leonard – New Directions for Program Evaluation, 1987
Ten functions of program theory are reviewed: contributing to social science knowledge; assisting policymakers, discriminating between theory failure and program failure, identifying the problem and target group, providing program implementation description, uncovering unintended effects, specifying intervening variables, improving formative use…
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Utilization, Models, Problem Solving
Peer reviewedConrad, Kendon J.; Miller, Todd Q. – New Directions for Program Evaluation, 1987
A short history of program theory in evaluation is reviewed. Two related problems in program evaluation are discussed and illustrated: (1) how to specify in measurable terms the consensus of theories and values that guides the program; and (2) how to construct a theoretical framework that specifies the use of these measurements. (Author/JAZ)
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Problems, History, Measurement Techniques
Peer reviewedFarrar, Eleanor; House, Ernest R. – New Directions for Program Evaluation, 1983
The evaluators of Push/Excel assumed that it was a systematically developed program with measurable outcomes, not a charismatically inspired movement whose effects would be hard to pin down. As a result, neither the program nor the evaluation approach used were adequately tested. (Author)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Evaluation Methods, Program Development, Program Evaluation
