Evaluation category: 669 books
by Daniel L. Stufflebeam, Chris L. S. Coryn
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2014
The golden standard evaluation reference text
Now in its second edition, Evaluation Theory, Models, and Applications is the vital text on evaluation models, perfect for classroom use as a textbook, and as a professional evaluation reference. The book begins with an overview of the evaluation...
The Future of Evaluation in Society
A Tribute to Michael Scriven
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2013
The impetus for this volume lives in a rich and vibrant past. It is organized to honor one of the founders and most prolific contributors to the profession and transdiscipline of evaluation Professor Michael Scriven, and to illuminate the future of evaluation in society. Professor Scriven often shares...
Evaluation Use and DecisionMaking in Society
A Tribute to Marvin C. Alkin
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2015
This volume addresses a fundamental and highly debated issue in the evaluation field the use of evaluation information for decisionmaking. Chapter authors honor the contributions of Professor Marvin C. Alkin to the evaluation use literature and advance our thinking on the topic by exploring a wide...
The ABCs of Evaluation
Timeless Techniques for Program and Project Managers
Language: English
Release Date: October 20, 2014
Thoroughly revised and updated, the third edition of bestselling The ABCs of Evaluation offers an introduction to program evaluation. This comprehensive textbook covers topics such as stakeholder relationships, program design, data collection and analysis, reporting results, and other important steps...
Program Evaluation in Practice
Core Concepts and Examples for Discussion and Analysis
Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2016
An updated guide to the core concepts of program evaluation
This updated edition of Program Evaluation in Practice covers the core concepts of program evaluation and uses case studies to touch on real-world issues that arise when conducting an evaluation project. This important resource is...
Evaluating Educational and Social Programs
Guidelines for Proposal Review, Onsite Evaluation, Evaluation Contracts, and Technical Assistance
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
During the past two decades, evaluation has come to play an increasingly important role in the operation of educational and social programs by national, state, and local agencies. Mandates by federal funding agencies that programs they sponsored be evaluated gave impetus to use of evaluation. Realization...
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Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2013
The impetus for this volume comes from reflecting on many years of experience, successes and failures in development evaluation in Asia and Africa, and from recent work supported by the Rockefeller Foundation on Rethinking, Reshaping, and Reforming Evaluation. The concepts, frameworks and ideas presented...
How to be Involved in Program Evaluation
What Every Adminstrator Needs to Know
Language: English
Release Date: June 16, 2005
The purpose of this book is to improve the direction and utility of the evaluation by program directors in charge, and the implementation of the evaluation by the evaluator. The authors contend that both of these goals can best be met by understanding each individual role.
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Evaluation in Decision Making
The case of school administration
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
This book is about the practice of decision making by school principals and about ways to improve this practice by capitalizing on evaluation dimensions. Much has been written on decision making but surprisingly little on decision making in the school principalship. Much has been also written on evaluation...
Peace Education Evaluation
Learning from Experience and Exploring Prospects
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2015
Practice and research of peace education has grown in the recent years as shown by a steadily increasing number of publications, programs, events, and funding mechanisms. The oftcited point of departure for the peace education community is the belief in education as a valuable tool for decreasing...
Qualitative Inquiry in Evaluation
From Theory to Practice
Language: English
Release Date: September 9, 2014
Integrate qualitative inquiry approaches and methods into the practice of evaluation
Qualitative inquiry can have a major effect on evaluation practice, and provides evaluators a means to explore and examine various settings and contexts in need of rich description and deeper understanding....
by I. Carl Candoli, Karen Cullen, D.L. Stufflebeam
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Every school district needs a system of sound superintendent performance evaluation. School district superintendents are and must be accountable to their school boards, communities, faculties, and students for delivering effective educational leadership. To assure that they are evaluated fairly, competently,...
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Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
In an age that dictates accountability and verifiability of educational programs, institutions of higher education are called on to justify their programs. To meet these demands, there is a need for improved methods for the evaluation of teacher education programs. More importantly, there is a need...
International Handbook of Educational Evaluation
Part One: Perspectives / Part Two: Practice
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Thomas Kellaghan Educational Research Centre, St. Patrick's College, Dublin, Ireland Daniel L. Stufflebeam The Evaluation Center, Western Michigan University, Ml, USA Lori A. Wingate The Evaluation Center, Western Michigan University, Ml, USA Educational evaluation encompasses a wide array of activities,...