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Leviton, Laura C. – American Journal of Evaluation, 2003
Suggests a strategy for dealing with the situation in which evaluators wish to ask teenage participants in a life skills program questions that might be seen as controversial. The strategy relies on an inclusive planning committee, a low-key poll to provide background information, and a foot in the door opening to start the process. (SLD)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Community, Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Problems
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McClintock, Charles – American Journal of Evaluation, 2003
Suggests that the key issue in the evaluation problem scenario is not so much an ethical problem as it is a strategic problem. The evaluator needs to be educator, change agent, and organizational development practitioner to make this evaluation a success. (SLD)
Descriptors: Change, Evaluation Problems, Evaluators, Organizational Development
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House, Ernest R.; Howe, Kenneth R. – American Journal of Evaluation, 1998
Chelimsky, former head of the Program Evaluation and Methodology Division of the General Accounting Office, suggested that advocacy by evaluators destroys their credibility. Evaluators should, this author argues, be advocates for democracy and the public interest, with the question being how explicitly and how defensibly. (SLD)
Descriptors: Advocacy, Credibility, Democracy, Ethics
Moore, Gary T. – 1994
This paper reviews four scales that have been used to evaluate the physical environment of child care centers, and introduces five new scales that are designed explicitly to assess the physical environment of child care centers and their associated outdoor play environments. The psychometric properties, environmental content, and effectiveness of…
Descriptors: Day Care Centers, Early Childhood Education, Educational Environment, Evaluation Methods
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Valencia, Sheila W. – Reading Teacher, 1991
Reviews two recent professional publications concerning alternative assessment: "Portfolio Assessment in the Reading-Writing Classroom" and "Assessment and Evaluation in Whole Language Programs." (MG)
Descriptors: Alternative Assessment, Educational Assessment, Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Needs
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Morris, Michael; Schwandt, Thomas A.; Bonnet, Deborah G. – American Journal of Evaluation, 1998
In the evaluation scenario presented, that of a mentoring program matching high school juniors and seventh graders, the external evaluator is asked for impact information before enough time has elapsed to provide really meaningful data. The commentators, T. A. Schwandt and D. G. Bonnet, take different approaches to what the evaluator should do.…
Descriptors: Ethics, Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Problems, Evaluation Utilization