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Mathison, Sandra – New Directions for Evaluation, 2011
The author analyzes the growth and nature of internal evaluation from the 1960s to the present and suggests that internal evaluation has been on the increase because of its perceived importance. Although the 1960s were characterized by a rich intellectual development of evaluation theory and practice, the fiscal conservatism of the 1980s ushered…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Accountability, Public Administration, Political Attitudes

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