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Peer reviewedFeller, Irwin – Evaluation Review, 1988
Evaluation of state advanced technology programs has begun in response to budget reviews. Issues include: (1) political and institutional contexts of evaluation; (2) technical issues concerning outcome specifications, use of process indicators, and dependence on self-reported assessments; and (3) use of evaluation in policy making. (TJH)
Descriptors: Formative Evaluation, Institutional Environment, Policy Formation, Political Influences
Peer reviewedBickman, Leonard – Evaluation Review, 1985
An evaluation system which would describe and assess statewide services for preschool children is described. Component theory conceptualizes the unit of analysis for evaluation as the component. This approach increases the generalizability and utilization of evaluations and enhances the ability to evaluate several programs at the state level.…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Utilization, Formative Evaluation
Peer reviewedGray, Gerald J.; Ellefson, Paul V. – Evaluation Review, 1991
Evaluation of strategic planning programs is illustrated using the examples of statewide forest resource planning programs implemented by state governments in 1986. Client-based perspectives were studied via a survey of 216 officials affected by the forestry planning program. Considering planning's context, process, outputs, and performance helped…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Adults, Context Effect, Evaluation Methods
Peer reviewedFitzpatrick, Jody L. – Evaluation Review, 1988
The evaluator's role in planning/implementing an evaluation of a new program to train school administrators in performance appraisal skills is described. This case study of the evaluators' broadening roles uses E. Chelimsky's continuum (1987) to analyze political processes and decision making involved in the evaluation of a state-funded program.…
Descriptors: Administrators, Case Studies, Decision Making, Evaluation Utilization
