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Peer reviewedSmith, John K. – New Directions for Program Evaluation, 1983
The historical development of current controversy over the use of quantitative or qualitative approaches in evaluation is traced. (Author/PN)
Descriptors: Classification, Educational History, Evaluation Needs, Evaluators
Peer reviewedBickman, Leonard, Ed. – New Directions for Program Evaluation, 1990
Eight articles discuss Program Theory (PT) construction issues, administrators as applied theorists, tests of PT, using path analysis to develop/evaluate PT, using PT to describe/measure program quality, developing/testing program classification and function theories, a pattern-matching approach to link PT and evaluation data, and linking PT and…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Classification, Evaluation Methods, Innovation
