The Case Study Evaluation: A Means for Managing Organizational and Political Tensions.

Marshall, Catherine

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Publication Date: 1984

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The Case Study Evaluation: A Means for Managing Organizational and Political Tensions.

Marshall, Catherine

Evaluation and Program Planning: An International Journal, v7 n3 p253-66 1984

This study of evaluation utilization identified organizational, political, and practical arrangements facilitating the wide use of "The Interim Report Evaluation" in policymaking for California's Early Childhood Education Program. In a program fraught by tensions, where evaluations had been political tools, this evaluation was special. (Author/BS)

Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Educational Policy, Ethnography, Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Utilization, Policy Formation, Political Influences, Politics of Education, Program Evaluation, Research Design, State Legislation, State Programs, State School District Relationship

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative

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