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Managing Tensions between Evaluation and Research: Illustrative Cases of Developmental Evaluation in the Context of Research
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Rey, Lynda; Tremblay, Marie-Claude; Brousselle, Astrid – American Journal of Evaluation, 2014
Developmental evaluation (DE), essentially conceptualized by Patton over the past 30 years, is a promising evaluative approach intended to support social innovation and the deployment of complex interventions. Its use is often justified by the complex nature of the interventions being evaluated and the need to produce useful results in real time.…
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Innovation, Intervention, Social Development
Sustaining Coherent Reform: An Evaluation Guide for Districts and Schools
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Cicchinelli, Louis F.; Barley, Zoe – Mid-continent Research for Education and Learning (McREL), 2010
This guide is designed to help districts and schools evaluate reform efforts related to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), including School Improvement Grants. It includes practical, how-to tips for conducting program evaluations, whether one takes a "do-it-yourself" approach or seeks outside assistance to evaluate reform…
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Program Evaluation, Evaluation Methods, Educational Change
The Definition and Measurement of Evaluation Quality as a Management Tool.
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Chelimsky, Eleanor – New Directions for Program Evaluation, 1983
Evaluation management requires a system for measuring, improving, and accounting for quality. The Institute for Program Evaluation in the United States General Accounting Office is developing such a system. (Author)
Descriptors: Administration, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Utilization
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
Evaluation for the Twenty-First Century: A Handbook [book review].
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Mason, Greg – Canadian Journal of Program Evaluation/La Revue canadienne d'evaluation de programme, 1997
Review states that two well-known evaluators have assembled a collection of essays on emerging issues in evaluation. These include global political perspectives, qualitative and quantitative research, the relationship between auditing and evaluation, performance assessment, international evaluation, and methodological issues. (SLD)
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Utilization, International Studies
Assessing Research Impact: Semiquantitative Methods.
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Kostoff, Ronald N. – Evaluation Review, 1994
Strengths and weaknesses of three types of semiquantitative methods used by the federal government in research impact assessment are presented, and examples of their use are reviewed. These include the classic retrospective method, another retrospective approach, and accomplishments books used by selected research-sponsoring organizations. (SLD)
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Utilization, Federal Government
Assessing Needs for Education for Employment. A Product of the Project "Change, Technology and Vocational Education."
Smith, Sonia S. – 1989
This manual provides guidelines for needs assessments based on training and development programs designed and used by business and industry. The guide defines needs and needs assessments and describes how to implement the process, using an eight-level needs assessment. Information is provided on stages of needs assessment, the process of assessing…
Descriptors: Education Work Relationship, Educational Needs, Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Utilization
Research Impact Assessment: Introduction and Overview.
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Kostoff, Ronald N.; And Others – Evaluation Review, 1994
Articles in this special issue deal with the assessment of the impact of research and are divided into segments concerning semiquantitative approaches; qualitative approaches; and quantitative and fiscal approaches. These articles illustrate the importance of the role of motivation and associated incentives. (SLD)
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Economic Factors, Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Utilization
A Study of the Significant Factors That Affect the Job Placement Rates of Students Who Have Completed a HERO Program. Year Summary Report.
Instructional Development and Evaluation Associates, Inc., Berkeley, MI. – 1983
A three-year study examined the significant factors that affect the job placement rates of students completing a Home Economics Related Occupations (HERO) program. Other purposes of the study were to develop and pilot test a model that could be used to determine factors related to student placement in a variety of vocational education programs and…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Evaluation Utilization, Followup Studies, Influences