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Alkin, Marvin C. – Guilford Publications, 2010
Written in a refreshing conversational style, this text thoroughly prepares students, program administrators, and new evaluators to conduct evaluations or to use them in their work. The book's question-driven focus and clear discussions about the importance of fostering evaluation use by building collaborative relationships with stakeholders set…
Descriptors: Evaluators, Evaluation Methods, Stakeholders, Data Analysis
Patton, Michael Quinn – 1985
This paper reviews what has been learned about evaluation ultilization during the past 20 years. Evaluation utilization is discussed in terms of what is used, who uses evaluation, when evaluation is used, how evaluation is used, where evaluation is used, and why evaluation is used. It is suggested that the personal factor - the interests and…
Descriptors: Evaluation, Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Needs, Evaluation Utilization
Thompson, Bruce; Miller, Leslie A. – 1983
There has been much literature on the effectiveness of program evaluation. Many feel evaluation has lost its justification; others are more optimistic and feel evaluation can make a difference if the use levels are viewed realistically. Administrators must not regard program evaluation as merely complying with various agency requirements or…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Evaluation Utilization, Evaluators, Factor Analysis
Brooks, Cormell R. – 1984
This study investigated the effects of data presentation and an educator's level in the organizational hierarchy on the acceptance of educational program evaluation findings. Educational administrators, principals, teachers, and evaluators (n=210) read and rated a simulated evaluation report on a pilot computer literacy program. Four types of…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Administrator Attitudes, Attitude Measures, Data
Herman, Joan; And Others – CSE Evaluation Comment, 1984
The current health and future well-being of educational evaluation is considered in terms of financial support, official mandate, evaluators' status, evaluation prevalence, and evaluation utility in these seven symposium papers. "Educational Evaluation--Indicators of Life, Death, or Reincarnation," by Susan Klein, assesses recent federal…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Needs, Evaluation Utilization
Ryan, Alan G. – 1985
Graduate students in a program evaluation class carried out small case-study evaluations, and examined the participants' reactions to the evaluation report. The programs included an experimental high school drama course, a high school music apprenticeship program, and a sixth grade computer course on problem solving. There were three phases of…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Case Studies, Credibility, Elementary Secondary Education
Kennedy, Mary M. – 1982
Qualitive data from interviews with individuals and observations of group meetings were gathered from 16 school districts that participated in a study of school district uses of evaluation and test data. The findings are organized around a series of discrete topics presented in a set of independent papers. The title essay, "Working Knowledge,"…
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Content Analysis, Decision Making, Elementary Secondary Education
Bhola, H. S. – 1990
This book presents a comprehensive treatment of the subject of evaluation as applied to literacy programs, covering evaluation theory, planning, and practice. Part I discusses questions of definition, context, objectives, and functions of evaluation and presents descriptions and analyses of evaluation paradigms and models. In Part II, the…
Descriptors: Administration, Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Developing Nations
Deboeck, Guido; Kinsey, Bill – 1980
The study summarizes discussions and conclusions of the Regional Workshop on Monitoring and Evaluation of Rural Development Projects in East Africa (Nairobi, Kenya, April 1979), whose purpose was to share lessons learned from field experiences in managing information for rural development. An initial section summarizes information in papers…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Change Agents, Data Analysis, Data Collection