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Teasdale, Rebecca M.; McNeilly, Jennifer R.; Garzón, Maria Isabel Ramírez; Novak, Judit; Greene, Jennifer C. – American Journal of Evaluation, 2023
This study challenges persistent misrepresentations of evaluation as a value-neutral inquiry process by presenting an empirical study that deepens understanding of evaluators' values and how they "show up" in evaluation practice. Through semistructured interviews and inductive analysis, we examined the values advanced by a sample of…
Descriptors: Evaluators, Values, Evaluation, Ethics
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Adika, Gordon S. K. – Practice and Theory in Systems of Education, 2015
Drawing from a social constructionist perspective to written scholarly communication, this paper argues that training in academic writing for students in higher education especially in second language contexts should go beyond emphasis on grammatical correctness and paragraphing strategies, and also focus on the rhetorical character of academic…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Credibility, Accountability, Academic Discourse
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Banta, Trudy W., Ed. – Assessment Update, 2012
This issue of "Assessment Update" presents the following articles: (1) Accreditation and Assessment: The Root of My Teaching Metamorphosis (Barbara June Rodriguez); (2) Editor's Notes: Addressing a Question of Credibility (Trudy W. Banta); (3) Do We Practice What We Preach? The Accountability of an Assessment Office (Keston H. Fulcher…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Credibility, Accountability, Feedback (Response)
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Morgan, Philip – Journal of University Teaching and Learning Practice, 2008
The use of evaluation to examine and improve the quality of teaching and courses is now a component of most universities. However, despite the various methods and opportunities for evaluation, a lack of understanding of the processes, measures and value are some of the major impediments to effective evaluation. Evaluation requires an understanding…
Descriptors: Teacher Evaluation, Instructional Effectiveness, Flow Charts, Program Improvement
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Greer, Hal – New Directions for Evaluation, 2006
In 1999, the staff of the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission (JLARC) of the Virginia General Assembly (the state legislature) completed a review of the Virginia Board of Medicine that found problems with the process used to regulate physicians and recommended major changes to a system that had remained relatively unchanged for almost…
Descriptors: Evaluators, Legislators, Physicians, Political Influences
Hoachlander, E. Gareth – Vocational Education Journal, 1991
Provides guidelines on how state and local administrators can develop an accountability system to meet Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology Education Act requirements. Indicates that performance measures and standards should (1) be clearly defined; (2) be manageable; (3) include accurate and timely data; and (4) provide information…
Descriptors: Accountability, Credibility, Evaluation Methods, Outcomes of Education
Denton, William T.; Murray, Wayne R. – 1975
This paper describes six existing evaluator-auditor working formats and the conditions which foster credibility of evaluation findings. Evaluators were classified as: (1) member of project developmental team, accountable to project director; (2) independent internal evaluator, accountable to system in general but not to project directors, and (3)…
Descriptors: Accountability, Credibility, Data Analysis, Educational Research
Ashburn, Arnold G. – 1972
This paper attempts to lay a general framework for analyzing credibility gaps in evaluative information at various levels of organizational structure. The CIPP model is chosen as a point of reference in order to identify the type of evaluative information to which the concern of this paper is addressed. Credibility gaps are classified as personnel…
Descriptors: Accountability, Credibility, Educational Programs, Evaluation Methods