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Mertens, Donna M. – Canadian Journal of Program Evaluation, 2010
Evaluators know they are supposed to identify and engage with stakeholders. What happens when the client has a very narrow concept of the meaning of evaluation? What happens when the primary stakeholders, including the client, disappear just as the evaluation gets started? First, it is important to acknowledge the challenge, then develop a…
Descriptors: Evaluators, Program Evaluation, Evaluation Methods, Stakeholders
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Owen, John M. – Canadian Journal of Program Evaluation, 2010
This article describes an evaluation that was judged to be unsuccessful from the point of view of key program stakeholders. This was due to the fact that the evaluation did not support program advocates who had much to gain from positive evaluation findings. We argue that, although the knowledge needs of stakeholders must be taken into account,…
Descriptors: Evaluators, Program Evaluation, Integrity, Program Effectiveness