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Michelle Searle; Amanda Cooper; Paisley Worthington; Jennifer Hughes; Rebecca Gokiert; Cheryl Poth – American Journal of Evaluation, 2024
Factors influencing evaluation use has been a primary concern for evaluators. However, little is known about the current conceptualizations of evaluation use including what counts as use, what efforts encourage use, and how to measure use. This article identifies enablers and constraints to evaluation use based on a scoping review of literature…
Descriptors: Evaluation Utilization, Evaluation Methods, Resources, Stakeholders
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Blake, Sarah C.; Ottoson, Judith M. – New Directions for Evaluation, 2009
Knowledge utilization is a field crossing many sectors, from agriculture, since the 1920s, to health care today. Evaluators have made long-standing contributions to understanding knowledge utilization. Different models or ways to think about knowledge utilization have evolved to reflect different perspectives, contexts, and stages of the process,…
Descriptors: Evaluators, Program Effectiveness, Information Dissemination, Evaluation Utilization
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Johnson, Kelli; Greenseid, Lija O.; Toal, Stacie A.; King, Jean A.; Lawrenz, Frances; Volkov, Boris – American Journal of Evaluation, 2009
This paper reviews empirical research on the use of evaluation from 1986 to 2005 using Cousins and Leithwood's 1986 framework for categorizing empirical studies of evaluation use conducted since that time. The literature review located 41 empirical studies of evaluation use conducted between 1986 and 2005 that met minimum quality standards. The…
Descriptors: Evaluators, Program Evaluation, Classification, Stakeholders
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 – 1994
Various strategies for optimizing the use of program evaluation information are recommended, based on a thorough evaluation of the literature. The recently revised "Program Evaluation Standards" (Joint Committee, 1994) are then reviewed point by point as regards sensitivity to these recommendations. It appears that the new standards…
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Utilization, Evaluators, Literature Reviews
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Shulha, Lyn M.; Cousins, J. Bradley – Evaluation Practice, 1997
Literature on evaluation use since 1986 was reviewed. Developments in this period include the rise of considerations of context as critical to understanding use; identification of process use as a consequence of evaluation; expansions of conception of use from individual to organizational levels; and diversification of the evaluator's role. (SLD)
Descriptors: Context Effect, Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Utilization, Evaluators
Alkin, Marvin; And Others – 1984
This paper reports on the factors that characterize high-utilization evaluations. It is based on materials submitted to an American Educational Research Association (AERA) Division H competition for outstanding examples of evaluation utilization. The paper is organized into three sections. The first section outlines the background of the study:…
Descriptors: Administrator Characteristics, Decision Making, Evaluation Utilization, Evaluators
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Galsman, Naftaly S. – Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 1986
This paper focuses on evaluation-related behaviors of school principals. The role of principals as clients of professional evaluation is examined. Research that views principals as evaluators is reported. Concepts drawn from the literature are used to explore ways of studying the rationality that principals employ to make decisions. (Author/JAZ)
Descriptors: Decision Making, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Utilization
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King, Jean A.; Thompson, Bruce – Studies in Educational Evaluation, 1983
The literature on the use of evaluative information in local education agencies is summarized. A general structure for studying evaluation use is presented. It is organized after the commonplaces of education (teacher, student, and subject matter). (BW)
Descriptors: Decision Making, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Utilization, Evaluators
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O'Keefe, Michael – Studies in Educational Evaluation, 1984
The education evaluation efforts of the federal government are discussed, focusing on the question of their effectiveness in informing the policymaking process. Successful evaluation criteria are outlined. An evaluation must provide useful information to policymakers to be a success. (DWH)
Descriptors: Evaluation Utilization, Evaluators, Federal Government, Federal Legislation
Parker, Barbara L. – 1984
From 1980 through 1983, 41 articles in selected professional journals dealt with summative evaluation of training and development efforts in business and industry. All of the standard components of program evaluation were addressed either directly or indirectly in them, in varying degree and depth. Although one must contact the primary audience to…
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Needs, Evaluation Utilization, Evaluators
Alkin, Marvin; And Others – 1984
Evaluation can serve a variety of educational management questions, but an administrator's ability to use evaluation as a management tool depends not only upon his or her own perception of evaluation but also on the perceptions of other potential evaluation users in the system. Research has uncovered a variety of factors influencing an…
Descriptors: Administrator Characteristics, Administrator Role, Decision Making, Evaluation Methods
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Lam, Tony C. M. – Review of Educational Research, 1992
The lack of sound and practical guidelines and materials, which precludes adequate technical assistance, is one cause of the inferior quality of evaluation practices in bilingual education. Other contributing factors include incompetent program evaluators, misinformed local administrations, inappropriate state and federal policies, and complex…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education Programs, Educational Assessment, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education
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Creemers, Bert, P. M.; Terlouw, Cees – Studies in Educational Evaluation, 1984
This overview of educational evaluation in the Netherlands provides background and details the state of the art in student, curriculum, and innovation evaluation. The role of international evaluation issues (such as evaluation criteria and the decision-making process) in evaluation theory and practice in The Netherlands is discussed. (BS)
Descriptors: Curriculum Evaluation, Educational Assessment, Educational Innovation, Educational Research
Voerman, Irene; And Others – 1994
A literature review examined major trends in organizations and training and the ways in which evaluation may help drive training impact. In addition, 3 case studies and 18 interviews were conducted in the United States to study evaluation methods. Recommendations about the use of evaluation for training impact were then formulated, and four Dutch…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Case Studies, Educational Practices, Evaluation Methods
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