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Toward the Future of Stakeholder Approaches in Evaluation.

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Weiss, Carol H. – New Directions for Program Evaluation, 1983

Analysis of the assumptions underlying the stakeholder approach to evaluation combined with the limited experience in testing the approach reported in this volume, suggests that some claims are cogent and others problematical. (Author)

Descriptors: Case Studies, Decision Making, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods

Evaluation and Reform.

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Cohen, David K. – New Directions for Program Evaluation, 1983

Critiquing the stakeholder idea, the author states: if government chooses to take account of competing views in social program evaluation, it can get a better result if it encourages the competing views to find a voice of their own, not to speak through the government's chosen instrument. (Author/PN)

Descriptors: Case Studies, Educational Policy, Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Utilization