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The Oral History of Evaluation: The Professional Development of Robert Stake
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Miller, Robin Lin; King, Jean A.; Mark, Melvin M.; Caracelli, Valerie – American Journal of Evaluation, 2016
Over the past 14 years, AEA's Oral History Project Team (Robin Lin Miller, Jean A. King, Valerie Caracelli, and Melvin M. Mark) has conducted interviews with individuals who have made signal contributions to evaluation theory and practice, tracing their professional development and contextualizing their work within the social and political…
Descriptors: Oral History, Faculty Development, Psychometrics, Program Evaluation
The Role of Involvement and Use in Multisite Evaluations
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Lawrenz, Frances; King, Jean A.; Ooms, Ann – New Directions for Evaluation, 2011
A cross-case analysis of four National Science Foundation (NSF) case studies identified both unique details and common themes related to promoting the use and influence of multisite evaluations. The analysis provided evidence of diverse evaluation use by stakeholders and suggested that people taking part in the multisite evaluations perceived…
Descriptors: Role Perception, Participation, Case Studies, Program Evaluation
Building the Evaluation Capacity of a School District.
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King, Jean A. – New Directions for Evaluation, 2002
Focuses on the process of evaluation capacity building (ECB) in a school district from the perspective of an internal evaluator hired to develop the evaluation function of the district. Shows how the work was originally conceived and why it changed. Emphasizes the core function of the district's Assessment Department, managing the standardized…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Evaluators