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Cornachione, Edgard B., Jr.; Trombetta, Maria R.; Casa Nova, Silvia P. C. – Studies in Educational Evaluation, 2010
To what extent does the intense and direct involvement of internal stakeholders, such as program managers and staff members, play a significant role toward evaluation use? Stakeholder involvement is a key element in evaluation and evaluation use is considered within a broader sense that includes organizational knowledge, individual skills, and…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Foreign Countries, Evaluation Methods, Stakeholders
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Kovac, Velibor B.; Langfeldt, Gjert – Studies in Educational Evaluation, 2010
The aim of the present study is to examine the relation between stakeholders as internal evaluators and their systemic positions in light of construal level theory. The study examines the two samples of county representatives, teachers and principals who answered the questionnaire regarding evaluation of the Norwegian assessment program. In…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Evaluators, Program Evaluation, Questionnaires
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Taut, Sandy – Studies in Educational Evaluation, 2008
This paper synthesizes the existing literature on stakeholder involvement in program evaluation, drawing a basic distinction between deep involvement of a few versus less active involvement of a broad range of stakeholders. The paper then comments on the case studies described in this special issue and integrates them with previously published…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Evaluation Methods, Stakeholders, Participatory Research
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Wallace, Tanner LeBaron – Studies in Educational Evaluation, 2008
This article describes an effectiveness evaluation of an intensive case management intervention coordinated by a non-profit organization in a midsize Midwest City. As an effectiveness evaluation, the primary evaluation question was causal in nature; the key task of the evaluative study was to establish and probe connections between the…
Descriptors: Intervention, Youth, Program Effectiveness, Evaluation Methods
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Gastic, Billie; Irby, Decoteau J.; Zdanis, Maureen – Studies in Educational Evaluation, 2008
In this essay, we describe our experiences working with a rebellious primary stakeholder, Sylvia, as evaluators of a district-wide safe schools program. Given the breadth of the program and its multiple target constituencies, we were confronted with the challenges of managing a large number of stakeholders, or those individuals and groups that…
Descriptors: Evaluators, School Districts, Problems, Interpersonal Relationship
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Poth, Cheryl-Anne; Shulha, Lyn – Studies in Educational Evaluation, 2008
This chapter describes evaluator behaviors revealed by the case analysis of a participatory and developmental evaluation. The analysis revealed that the evaluator paid specific attention to individual stakeholder cues. These cues were related to three elements of the evaluation: negotiating the design, monitoring individual stakeholder needs, and…
Descriptors: Cues, Evaluators, Evaluation Methods, Case Studies
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Sylvestre, John; Cousins, J. Bradley; Sundar, Purnima; Aubry, Tim; Hinsperger, Val – Studies in Educational Evaluation, 2008
This article describes the planning of a multi-agency and multi-stakeholder evaluation of the implementation of supportive housing. The Ottawa Housing"Plus" Collaborative Communities project is a collaboration between university-based evaluators and members of a local network of supportive housing providers. The objectives of the…
Descriptors: Program Implementation, Housing, Social Services, Foreign Countries
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Russell, Neil; Willinsky, John – Studies in Educational Evaluation, 1997
Postmodern approaches to school-level evaluation by building on the fourth-generation evaluation model developed by E. Guba and Y. Lincoln are suggested. It is argued that this conceptualization of evaluation has particular relevance for development of alternative evaluation practices among stakeholders that can improve the use of evaluation…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods
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O'Neill, Tom – Studies in Educational Evaluation, 1995
The evaluation of a science education project for teachers in Durban (South Africa) illustrates some problems inherent in the application of the fourth-generation evaluation approach of Guba and Lincoln. One of the strongest concerns is that full participation by stakeholders may be an unrealistic assumption. (SLD)
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Problems, Evaluation Utilization, Foreign Countries