Progress and Future Directions in Evaluation: Perspectives on Theory, Practice, and Methods
New Directions for Evaluation, Number 76
Published on 24. January 1997
Book
Paperback/Softback
111 pages
978-0-7879-3955-7 (ISBN)
Description
Last year, the American Evaluation Association celebrated its tenth
anniversary. The annual conference, held in November 1996 and
entitled AEA: A Decade of Progress, Looking Back and Looking
Forward, provided an opportunity to review the history and
status of the field of evaluation and chart future directions. For
this volume, we have selected a broad sampling of papers from this
conference to offer the reader an array of perspectives on where
the field has been and where it should be going. The seven authors,
all seasoned evaluators, collectively provide a review of the
development of evaluation and offer perspective on its current
status and its future directions. Among the several themes noted,
one cross-cutting theme emerges as a guiding beacon for the future.
Evaluators, whether conducting a single study or a set of studies,
are contributing to a broader enterprise. In doing so, we must be
more cognizant of our responsibility to design and implement our
studies with this broader contribution in mind. This is the 76th
issue of the quarterly journal New Directions for
Evaluation.
Last year, the American Evaluation Association celebrated its tenth
anniversary. The annual conference, held in November 1996 and
entitled AEA: A Decade of Progress, Looking Back and Looking
Forward, provided an opportunity to review the history and
status of the field of evaluation and chart future directions. For
this volume, we have selected a broad sampling of papers from this
conference to offer the reader an array of perspectives on where
the field has been and where it should be going. The seven authors,
all seasoned evaluators, collectively provide a review of the
development of evaluation and offer perspective on its current
status and its future directions. Among the several themes noted,
one cross-cutting theme emerges as a guiding beacon for the future.
Evaluators, whether conducting a single study or a set of studies,
are contributing to a broader enterprise. In doing so, we must be
more cognizant of our responsibility to design and implement our
studies with this broader contribution in mind. This is the 76th
issue of the quarterly journal New Directions for
Evaluation.
anniversary. The annual conference, held in November 1996 and
entitled AEA: A Decade of Progress, Looking Back and Looking
Forward, provided an opportunity to review the history and
status of the field of evaluation and chart future directions. For
this volume, we have selected a broad sampling of papers from this
conference to offer the reader an array of perspectives on where
the field has been and where it should be going. The seven authors,
all seasoned evaluators, collectively provide a review of the
development of evaluation and offer perspective on its current
status and its future directions. Among the several themes noted,
one cross-cutting theme emerges as a guiding beacon for the future.
Evaluators, whether conducting a single study or a set of studies,
are contributing to a broader enterprise. In doing so, we must be
more cognizant of our responsibility to design and implement our
studies with this broader contribution in mind. This is the 76th
issue of the quarterly journal New Directions for
Evaluation.
Last year, the American Evaluation Association celebrated its tenth
anniversary. The annual conference, held in November 1996 and
entitled AEA: A Decade of Progress, Looking Back and Looking
Forward, provided an opportunity to review the history and
status of the field of evaluation and chart future directions. For
this volume, we have selected a broad sampling of papers from this
conference to offer the reader an array of perspectives on where
the field has been and where it should be going. The seven authors,
all seasoned evaluators, collectively provide a review of the
development of evaluation and offer perspective on its current
status and its future directions. Among the several themes noted,
one cross-cutting theme emerges as a guiding beacon for the future.
Evaluators, whether conducting a single study or a set of studies,
are contributing to a broader enterprise. In doing so, we must be
more cognizant of our responsibility to design and implement our
studies with this broader contribution in mind. This is the 76th
issue of the quarterly journal New Directions for
Evaluation.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
John Wiley & Sons Inc
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 227 mm
Width: 150 mm
Thickness: 8 mm
Weight
156 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7879-3955-7 (9780787939557)
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Persons
DEBRA J. ROG is a research fellow at the Vanderbilt University Institute for Public Policy Studies, where she directs the Washington office of the Center for Mental Health Policy. DEBORAH FOURNIER is an assistant professor at Boston University and the director of Educational Research and Evaluation at the Goldman School of Dental Medicine.
DEBRA J. ROG is a research fellow at the Vanderbilt University Institute for Public Policy Studies, where she directs the Washington office of the Center for Mental Health Policy. DEBORAH FOURNIER is an assistant professor at Boston University and the director of Educational Research and Evaluation at the Goldman School of Dental Medicine.
DEBRA J. ROG is a research fellow at the Vanderbilt University Institute for Public Policy Studies, where she directs the Washington office of the Center for Mental Health Policy. DEBORAH FOURNIER is an assistant professor at Boston University and the director of Educational Research and Evaluation at the Goldman School of Dental Medicine.
Content
1. What Can You Build with Thousands of Bricks? Musings on the
Cumulation of Knowledge in Program Evaluation (Mark W. Lipsey).
2. The Landscape of Values in Evaluation: Charted Terrain and
Unexplored Territory (Thomas A. Schwandt).
3. Theory-Based Evaluation: Past, Present, and Future (Carol H.
Weiss).
4. Advances in Quantitative Evaluation, 1987-1996 (Peter H.
Rossi).
5. Case Study Evaluations: A Decade of Progress? (Robert K.
Yin).
6. Learning About Welfare Reform: Lessons from State-Based
Evaluations (Judith M. Gueron).
7. Clarifying Goals, Reporting Results (Joseph S. Wholey).
Cumulation of Knowledge in Program Evaluation (Mark W. Lipsey).
2. The Landscape of Values in Evaluation: Charted Terrain and
Unexplored Territory (Thomas A. Schwandt).
3. Theory-Based Evaluation: Past, Present, and Future (Carol H.
Weiss).
4. Advances in Quantitative Evaluation, 1987-1996 (Peter H.
Rossi).
5. Case Study Evaluations: A Decade of Progress? (Robert K.
Yin).
6. Learning About Welfare Reform: Lessons from State-Based
Evaluations (Judith M. Gueron).
7. Clarifying Goals, Reporting Results (Joseph S. Wholey).