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Internal Evaluation in American Public School Districts: The Importance of Externally Driven Accountability Mandates
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King, Jean A.; Rohmer-Hirt, Johnna A. – New Directions for Evaluation, 2011
From the 1980s to the present, educational accountability in the United States has grown dramatically. Such accountability in U.S. school districts, although driven primarily by external demands, has internal manifestations as well. The chapter traces the historical development of internal evaluation in American school districts, then highlights…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Testing Programs, Standardized Tests, School Districts
Sup wit Eval Ext?
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Patton, Michael Quinn – New Directions for Evaluation, 2008
Extension and evaluation share some similar challenges, including working with diverse stakeholders, parallel processes for focusing priorities, meeting common standards of excellence, and adapting to globalization, new technologies, and changing times. Evaluations of extension programs have helped clarify how change occurs, especially the…
Descriptors: Program Development, Global Approach, Evaluation Criteria, Extension Education
The False Choice between Theory-based Evaluation and Experimentation.
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Cook, Thomas D. – New Directions for Evaluation, 2000
Offers a critical commentary on theory-based evaluation, stressing its utility as a method of program planning and as an adjunct to experiments but rejecting it as an alternative to experiments. Cites seven reasons for doubting that theory-based evaluations can provide the valid conclusions about a program's causal effects that proponents have…
Descriptors: Causal Models, Evaluation Methods, Experiments, Planning
Cultural Competence in Evaluation: An Overview
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SenGupta, Saumitra; Hopson, Rodney; Thompson-Robinson, Melva – New Directions for Evaluation, 2004
Evaluation inarguably takes place within social, cultural, historical, economic, and political contexts--the contexts defined by human existence and experience. These contexts envelope many dimensions. Race, ethnicity, language, gender, age, religion, and sexual orientation are among the commonly listed demographic attributes of contextual…
Descriptors: Policy Formation, Delivery Systems, Services, Evaluation Methods
Evaluating Initiatives to Integrate Human Services.
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Marquart, Jules M., Ed.; Konrad, Ellen L., Ed. – New Directions for Evaluation, 1996
The six chapters of this theme issue attempt to define conceptual and methodological issues in the evaluation of integrated services systems and to begin to synthesize some of these issues. An introduction to these evaluation issues is followed by case studies and a discussion of implications for program and policy development. (SLD)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Community Programs, Evaluation Methods, Integrated Services
Independent Consulting Topical Interest Group: 2004 Industry Survey
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Jarosewich, Tania; Essenmacher, Victoria L.; Lynch, Christina Olenik; Williams, Jennifer E.; Doino-Ingersoll, Jo Ann – New Directions for Evaluation, 2006
The American Evaluation Association's (AEA) Independent Consulting Topical Interest Group (IC TIG) has a membership of over eight hundred individuals who generally work as sole proprietors, in partnerships, or in small consulting firms. Well over a decade ago, the IC TIG conducted a survey of its membership (Bonnet, 1992). To gather current data…
Descriptors: Test Construction, Attitude Measures, Small Businesses, Industry