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Peer reviewedBrown, Robert D.; Braskamp, Larry A. – New Directions for Program Evaluation, 1980
The 50-item Utilization Enhancement Checklist involves: determining evaluator role; understanding organizational context; planning; conducting the evaluation; and communicating evaluative information. The checklist is presented as a summary of the preceding nine articles. (Available from: Jossey-Bass, Inc., 433 California St., San Francisco, CA…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Needs, Evaluators
Peer reviewedAlkin, Marvin C. – New Directions for Program Evaluation, 1980
Case studies of educational program evaluations demonstrate that utilization of evaluative information occurs; however, its forms and the forces influencing utilization are complex. Naturalistic methods were used to study utilization. (See RIE: ED 174 666). (Available from: Jossey-Bass, Inc., 433 California St., San Francisco, CA 94104, single…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Evaluation Methods, Evaluators, Information Utilization
Peer reviewedWise, Robert I. – New Directions for Program Evaluation, 1980
Good evaluation shares much with good teaching. What makes an evaluation useful can depend on qualities of teaching brought to the evaluator's role. (Available from: Jossey-Bass, Inc., 433 California St., San Francisco, CA 94104, single issue, $6.95.) (Author)
Descriptors: Decision Making, Educational Assessment, Evaluation Methods, Evaluators
Peer reviewedStalford, Charles – New Directions for Program Evaluation, 1980
In one federally funded program, the third-party evaluator was under contract with the program evaluated and not the federal funding agency. The social structure of this arrangement has implications for information utilization. (Available from: Jossey-Bass, Inc., 433 California St., San Francisco, CA 94104, single issue, $6.95.) (Author/GDC)
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Case Studies, Evaluation Methods, Evaluators
