When Democratic Evaluation Doesn't Seem Democratic.

McTaggart, Robin

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ERIC Number: EJ426514

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Publication Date: 1991

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When Democratic Evaluation Doesn't Seem Democratic.

McTaggart, Robin

Evaluation Practice, v12 n1 p9-21 Feb 1991

A case study illustrates the ways in which local reactions to a program evaluation directly threaten its validity, and shows that not all participants in a qualitative evaluation study understand or defer to the commitments of democratic evaluation. Ethical concerns in program evaluation are considered. (SLD)

Descriptors: Administrator Role, Case Studies, Elementary Secondary Education, Ethics, Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Problems, Participant Observation, Participative Decision Making, Program Evaluation, Qualitative Research, Research Methodology, Teacher Role, Validity

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative

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Language: English

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