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Peer reviewedChen, Huey-tsyh – Evaluation Practice, 1996
The viewpoints of contributors to the forum are reviewed. Many of the disagreements represent fundamental differences in what constitutes evaluation. All four authors agree that the formative/summative distinction is useful and will continue to be an important concept in program evaluation, although the distinction needs greater clarification.…
Descriptors: Context Effect, Evaluation Methods, Evaluators, Formative Evaluation
