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Peer reviewedTurpin, Robin S.; Sinacore, James M., Eds. – New Directions for Program Evaluation, 1991
Eight papers on multisite evaluation are presented. Topics include organizational and methodological issues, program theory, coordination of staffing, and the program review team approach. Programs and policies evaluated include those focusing on adult day health care, spousal assault, mental health, job-training for single mothers, criminal…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Coordination, Evaluation Methods, Health Programs
Peer reviewedLarson, Colleen L.; Preskill, Hallie, Eds. – New Directions for Program Evaluation, 1991
Seven papers are presented, which are designed to introduce evaluators and other consultants to the complex realities of the changing world of business and industry. Topics include how the practice of evaluation is changing in organizations in transition, and evaluation from the perspective of its role in changing organizations. (SLD)
Descriptors: Administration, Business, Change Strategies, Evaluation Methods
Peer reviewedWye, Christopher G., Ed.; Hatry, Harry P., Ed. – New Directions for Program Evaluation, 1988
Six papers on the use and usefulness of program evaluation conducted inside government institutions by government staff, rather than by outside contractors or university personnel, are presented. Federal, state, and local evaluation efforts in executive and legislative environments are analyzed. (TJH)
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Evaluation Methods, Federal Government, Legislation
Peer reviewedConrad, Kendon J., Ed.; Roberts-Gray, Cynthia, Ed. – New Directions for Program Evaluation, 1988
Six essays are presented that discuss the definition, methodologies, and contexts of program environment evaluation. Specific topics covered include the use of profiles and models, social-psychological classroom environments, program/organization congruence, program personnel, and measuring implementation of social treatment. (TJH)
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Educational Assessment, Evaluation Methods, Institutional Environment
Peer reviewedConner, Ross F., Ed.; Hendricks, Michael, Ed. – New Directions for Program Evaluation, 1989
Examples of innovative program evaluation techniques developed in several foreign and international settings are presented in a collection of 10 essays. Methods for understanding programs to be evaluated, focusing evaluation, gathering information, analyzing information, and communicating findings and recommendations are discussed. (TJH)
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Evaluators, Feedback, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedSirotnik, Kenneth A., Ed. – New Directions for Program Evaluation, 1990
This issue includes four papers conceptualizing and analyzing the issues of evaluation and social justice. An evaluative model is presented as a way of improving educational practice at the school level. Implications of evaluation are examined relative to a moral and ethical stance rooted in conceptions of social justice. (SLD)
Descriptors: Educational Improvement, Educational Practices, Elementary Secondary Education, Ethics
Peer reviewedMadison, Anna-Marie, Ed. – New Directions for Program Evaluation, 1991
The six articles of this special issue focus on minority issues in program evaluation. The aim is to begin a discussion of minority concerns about the impact of cultural dominance on definitions of social goals, the measurement of outcomes, and the political consequences of the selection of evaluation methods. (SLD)
Descriptors: Cultural Differences, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Higher Education
