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Christie, Christina A. – American Journal of Evaluation, 2008
This article presents an interview with Eric Barela, a K-12 school district internal evaluator who conducted the Title I Best Practices study for the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD), Research and Planning Division (formerly known as the Program Evaluation and Research Branch). In this interview, the author focuses not only on the…
Descriptors: Evaluators, Program Evaluation, Elementary Secondary Education, School Districts

Sonnichsen, Richard C. – Evaluation and Program Planning, 1989
Evaluators must use a flexible, open-minded approach oriented toward a holistic view of the implementation and operation of the program they are analyzing. The use of more than one methodology expands the potential findings and avoids the limitations of a unidimensional approach. (SLD)
Descriptors: Administrators, Case Studies, Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Utilization
Alkin, Marvin C. – 1979
Suggestions for broadening the utilization of evaluation research findings are discussed. Major program changes, based on evaluation, may not become obvious for several years; program actions may contradict findings and still be based on rational decision making processes; evaluation findings may have far-reaching effects which were not recognized…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Decision Making, Educational Assessment, Evaluation

Thompson, Lyke; Herman, Sandra – Evaluation and Program Planning, 1996
This article provides a case study of the use of emergent design, which asks evaluators to adapt their inquiry processes as understanding develops, in the evaluation of a family support program, tracing the emergence of evaluation procedures through three phases. Two phases produced data that policymakers found very helpful. (SLD)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Evaluation Methods, Evaluators, Family Programs

Yin, Robert K. – Evaluation Practice, 1994
It is assumed that evaluators of the future will still be interested in case study methodology. Scenarios that ignore a case study method, that look back to a distinctive case study method, and that see the case study method as an integrating force in the qualitative-quantitative debate are explored. (SLD)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Research, Evaluative Thinking
Perrin, Geoff – ELT Journal, 2005
Starting from the premise that the teaching profession tends to view formal assessment procedures with some misgivings, the following article attempts to develop the argument that the problem is, at least in part, one of too narrow a perspective. A case study is first described involving the trialling of a vocabulary test at a language teaching…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Second Language Instruction, Evaluators, Language Teachers
Milley, Jane E. – 1979
The problems, procedures, and benefits of case-study program evaluation are investigated. An evaluation plan that included several data collection methods (document review, interview, content analysis, attitude questionnaire survey, sociogram analysis) and emphasized the role of the evaluator as participant-observer, collector and synthesizer of…
Descriptors: Case Studies, College Faculty, Conference Reports, Data Collection
Hopstock, Paul; Young, Malcolm – 1993
In 1989 the Department of Education contracted with Development Associates, Inc., to conduct a review of the evaluation and improvement practices of projects funded under Title VII of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, often known as the Bilingual Education Act. The study focused on local transitional bilingual education and special…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Case Studies, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods
Williams, David D. – 1981
This paper reports results of an exploratory study designed to identify some of the issues most critical for understanding how naturalistic inqiry is done and why researchers behave as they do. Preliminary results are discussed of an inquiry into ten case studies, The Case Studies in Science Education (CSSE), funded as one project by the National…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Classroom Environment, Classroom Observation Techniques, Educational Assessment
Rose, Clare; Nyre, Glenn F. – 1977
The first half of this monograph provides an overview of the theoretical concerns of evaluators. Definitions are provided of accountability, measurement, assessment, evaluation research, formative and summative evaluation, goal-free evaluation, goal-based evaluation, and evaluation. Several models of evaluation are described and discussed,…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Citations (References), Curriculum Evaluation, Early Childhood Education
Fetterman, David M., Ed.; Pitman, Mary Anne, Ed. – 1986
Ten essays on the use of ethnography in educational assessment are presented. Overview essays include: (1) "Beyond the Status Quo in Ethnographic Educational Evaluation" (David M. Fetterman) and (2) "The Ethnographic Evaluator" (David M. Fetterman). Theoretical papers include: (3) "Theory in Education Evaluation: Or,…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education Programs, Black Students, Case Studies, Early Childhood Education