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An Optimistic View of Evaluation.

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Bickman, Leonard – Evaluation Practice, 1994

The author's optimistic view of evaluation in the future includes increased utilization, especially in the private sector; more professionalization, with potential for conflict; more academic program development; more use in policy; increase in the use of complex methods; and more involvement in program development. (SLD)

Descriptors: Conflict, Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Problems, Evaluation Utilization

Another Look at the Future of Program Evaluation in the Federal Government: Five Views.

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Wye, Chris; Sonnichsen, Richard – Evaluation Practice, 1992

Views of five members of the evaluation community in Washington (D.C.) concerning the future of evaluation in the federal government are summarized. Evaluators include (1) E. Chelimsky; (2) M. F. Mangano; (3) J. S. Wholey; (4) R. C. Sonnichsen; and (5) C. Wye. (SLD)

Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Evaluation Utilization, Federal Government, Futures (of Society)