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Miller, Robin Lin; Caracelli, Valerie – American Journal of Evaluation, 2013
Joseph S. Wholey is Professor Emeritus in the University of Southern California's (USC) School of Public Policy, Planning, and Development. He received his BA from Catholic University, Phi Beta Kappa and his MA in mathematics and PhD in philosophy from Harvard University. His work focuses on the use of strategic planning, performance measurement,…
Descriptors: Oral History, Recognition (Achievement), Reputation, Measurement
Henry, Gary T.; Smith, Adrienne A.; Kershaw, David C.; Zulli, Rebecca A. – American Journal of Evaluation, 2013
Performance-based accountability along with budget tightening has increased pressure on publicly funded organizations to develop and deliver programs that produce meaningful social benefits. As a result, there is increasing need to undertake formative evaluations that estimate preliminary program outcomes and identify promising program components…
Descriptors: Formative Evaluation, Program Evaluation, Program Effectiveness, Longitudinal Studies
Grubbs, Scott T. – American Journal of Evaluation, 2009
For the internal evaluator, the issue of trust can be one of the more difficult ethical matters to manage. An organization might choose to conduct an internal program evaluation for a variety of reasons, including capitalizing on the abilities of invested stakeholders to assess aspects of a program, building an institutional culture oriented…
Descriptors: Evaluators, Trust (Psychology), Program Evaluation, Program Improvement
Evaluations that Consider the Cost of Educational Programs: The Contribution of High-Quality Studies
Ross, John A.; Barkaoui, Khaled; Scott, Garth – American Journal of Evaluation, 2007
Cost studies are program evaluations that judge program worth by relating program costs to program benefits. There are three sets of strategies: cost-benefit, cost-effectiveness, and cost-utility analysis, although the last appears infrequently. The authors searched relevant databases to identify 103 cost studies in education and then reduced the…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Program Improvement, Program Effectiveness, Effect Size
Thiele, Graham; Devaux, Andre; Velasco, Claudio; Horton, Douglas – American Journal of Evaluation, 2007
Horizontal evaluation combines self-assessment and external evaluation by peers. Papa Andina, a regional network that works to reduce rural poverty in the Andean region by fostering innovation in potato production and marketing, has used horizontal evaluations to improve the work of local project teams and to share knowledge within the network. In…
Descriptors: Research and Development, Formative Evaluation, Program Improvement, Program Effectiveness
Schweigert, Francis J. – American Journal of Evaluation, 2006
In the present climate of public accountability, there is increasing demand to show "what works" and what return is gained for the public from investments to improve communities. This increasing demand for accountability is being met with growing confidence in the field of philanthropy during the past 10 years that the impact or effectiveness of…
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Private Financial Support, Accountability, Philanthropic Foundations
van Mierlo, Barbara; Arkesteijn, Marlen; Leeuwis, Cees – American Journal of Evaluation, 2010
Networks aiming for fundamental changes bring together a variety of actors who are part and parcel of a problematic context. These system innovation projects need to be accompanied by a monitoring and evaluation approach that supports and maintains reflexivity to be able to deal with uncertainties and conflicts while challenging current practices…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Program Descriptions, Program Implementation, Program Effectiveness
Mermet, Laurent; Bille, Raphael; Leroy, Maya – American Journal of Evaluation, 2010
Environment and sustainable development show how policies are becoming ever more complex and ambiguous. This trend calls for new evaluation approaches. They need to be more clearly focused on specific, explicit concerns. They must be driven by a strategic concept of use to overcome the vulnerability to manipulation of many integrative, essentially…
Descriptors: Evaluation Research, Foreign Countries, Evaluation Methods, Sustainable Development