Politics of Evaluation: The Competition for Control of Educational Policy.

Marshall, Catherine

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Publication Date: 1985

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Politics of Evaluation: The Competition for Control of Educational Policy.

Marshall, Catherine

Urban Education, v19 n4 p411-39 Jan 1985

This case study of the Early Childhood Education Program (California) focuses on the political meaning of evaluation. It shows how analysis of evaluation politics reveals who controls education policy, which values are prevailing and dominant, and which definitions of policy goals constitute the assumptive world. (RDN)

Descriptors: Case Studies, Decision Making, Early Childhood Education, Educational Policy, Literature Reviews, Policy Formation, Political Influences, Political Issues, Political Power, Politics of Education, Program Evaluation

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: California

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