Current Trends and Future Directions in Program Evaluation.

Chen, Huey-Tsyh

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ERIC Number: EJ500497

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1994

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Current Trends and Future Directions in Program Evaluation.

Chen, Huey-Tsyh

Evaluation Practice, v15 n3 p229-38 Oct 1994

The evolution of the field of program evaluation is discussed, assuming that current major trends will continue, especially the trend toward theory-driven evaluation. Participating in planning without compromising evaluators' integrity will be an important and challenging task for the future. (SLD)

Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Problems, Evaluators, Futures (of Society), Integrity, Planning, Policy Formation, Prediction, Program Evaluation, Qualitative Research, Research Methodology, Theories, Trend Analysis

Publication Type: Opinion Papers; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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Note: Special invitational volume: "Past, Present, Future Assessments of the Field of Evaluation."