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Direct linkConner, Ross F.; Fitzpatrick, Jody L.; Rog, Debra J. – New Directions for Evaluation, 2012
In this chapter, we revisit and expand the context framework of Debra Rog, informed by three cases and by new aspects that we have identified. We then propose a way to move the framework into action, making context explicit. Based on the framework's components, we describe and illustrate a process we label context assessment (CA), which provides a…
Descriptors: Evaluation, Context Effect, Models, Planning
Peer reviewedLeviton, Laura C.; Boruch, Robert F. – Evaluation Review, 1983
Federal evaluations in education contributed in numerous and important ways to changes in law, regulation, and management. Information about implementation contributed most often, but information about outcomes, cost, and federal administration also made contributions. These findings differ from previous research that concluded evaluations do not…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Educational Legislation, Educational Policy, Evaluation Methods
Peer reviewedBrown-McGowan, Sharon; Eichelberger, R. Tony – Knowledge: Creation, Diffusion, Utilization, 1993
Describes use of the Knowledge Use System, originally developed as a tool for corporate market research to overcome obstacles to implementation, in a higher education setting to delineate decision-maker variables and characteristics that may impede the utilization of evaluation results. Implications for future research and for higher education are…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Utilization, Futures (of Society)
Peer reviewedPatton, Michael Quinn – Evaluation and Program Planning: An International Journal, 1984
A utilization-focused approach in evaluating a problem-solving skills training program (see TM 510 179) would have placed more emphasis on identifying evaluation users, their information needs, and likely use of findings. Other methods options are also discussed, along with how to prepare decision makers for utilization. (Author/BW)
Descriptors: Decision Making, Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Utilization, Junior High Schools
Peer reviewedPalumbo, Dennis J.; Hallett, Michael A. – Evaluation and Program Planning, 1993
Traditional evaluation approaches assume that consensus can be reached among policymakers, managers, and staff about goals that should guide a program. Evaluations of juvenile detention facilities and a home arrest program illustrate that consensus is not always possible. A constructionist evaluation approach is recommended for such situations.…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Conflict, Decision Making, Delinquency
Download full textRuhland, Sheila K. – 1994
The evaluation process provides valuable information so that practitioners may share and benchmark their efforts to improve and enhance the quality of the educational reform initiative called tech prep. Evaluation should be part of every phase of a tech prep initiative, from needs assessment to completion. A tech prep program is typically at one…
Descriptors: Accountability, Cost Effectiveness, Decision Making, Educational Change
