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ERIC Number: EJ1475064
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2025-Jun
Pages: 22
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-1098-2140
EISSN: EISSN-1557-0878
Available Date: 0000-00-00
Equity-Related Ethical Questions in Evaluation Practice: Examples from Interviews with Evaluators in New England, U.S.
Emily F. Gates1; Ruoying Li2
American Journal of Evaluation, v46 n2 p265-286 2025
Amid calls for evaluations to advance equity, there are ongoing debates, varied guidance, and limited empirical research on how evaluators practically attend to equity in their work. This article identifies ethical questions--about the right thing to do when there are multiple options--that arise when evaluators attend to equity and factors that influence how evaluators interpret and address these questions. Our identification of questions and factors comes from a qualitative analysis of semi-structured individual interviews with 21 evaluators based in New England, U.S., predominantly White women representing multiple practice areas. Ethical questions address evaluators' expertise, negotiation with funders, methodological norms, use of data about disparities, and influence of evaluators' worldviews in cross-cultural settings. The ways evaluators navigate these questions are influenced by their workplace, professional roles, interpersonal relationships, power differences, and available time. Findings pose implications for evaluator training and future directions for research on equity and ethics.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Author Affiliations: 1Measurement, Evaluation, Statistics, and Assessment Department, Lynch School of Education and Human Development, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA, USA; 2Interdisciplinary Studies in Human Development, University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education, Philadelphia, PA, USA