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Evaluation in the Context of Policymaking: Comments on E. Chelimsky's "Politics of Program Evaluation."
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Glasman, Naftaly S. – Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 1987
Chelimsky's five-part continuum--a model for the practice of evaluation in a political context--is reviewed. The model's conceptual framework and a question for education are discussed. By focusing on interactions between evaluators and policy actors, this model should prompt debates about unsettled issues in education policy making. (SLD)
Descriptors: Decision Making, Educational Policy, Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Utilization
Educational Reform and Evaluation.
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Glasman, Naftaly S.; Glasman, Lynette Diamond – Educational Administration Quarterly, 1988
This essay provides examples of two types of educational assessment that serve two interrelated purposes of the reform movement. The first are climate-related evaluations that have created a sense of crisis, thereby stimulating a desire for change in schools. The second are policy-related evaluations at the state level that have stimulated major…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Educational Change, Educational Innovation, Educational Policy
Evaluation-Based Leadership: School Administration in Contemporary Perspective.
Glasman, Naftaly S. – 1986
This four-part book discusses the relationship between school leadership and evaluation. The discussion centers on evaluation--a crucial component of leadership in the public schools. Part 1 analyzes recent demands for evaluation as a political value and as a destabilizing force. The school district's response to evaluation and the relationship of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Accountability, Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Responsibility
Evaluation Authority and Financial Control: A Study of State Mandates.
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Johnson, Gary R.; Glasman, Naftaly S. – Studies in Educational Evaluation, 1983
This study investigated the significance of viewing the authority to evaluate as an indicator of the exercise of financial control. Financial control in this investigation focuses exclusively on state financial legislation. Evaluation authority in this investigation focuses exclusively on evaluation components of such legislation. (BW)
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation, Evaluation Criteria
Making Better Decisions about School Problems: How Administrators Use Evaluation To Find Solutions.
Glasman, Naftaly S. – 1994
This book shows how to use evaluation to find effective solutions. The first two chapters introduce evaluation as an administrative function at the school level. Chapter 1 draws on two kinds of literature--educational-administration literature (to survey administrative practices) and educational-evaluation literature (evaluation practiced by…
Descriptors: Administrator Effectiveness, Case Studies, Decision Making, Decision Making Skills
Perceptions of School Principals about their Engagement in Evaluation on the Basis of Student Data.
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Glasman, Naftaly S. – Studies in Educational Evaluation, 1985
Elementary school principals rated attitudes and behaviors concerning the utilization of student achievement data: (1) commitment to influencing student achievement; (2) control in utilizing student achievement data; (3) use of data to evaluate programs and teachers; (4) effectiveness and accountability in use of data; and (5) principals' own…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Accountability, Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Responsibility