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Evaluation Tools and Approaches

Evaluation Tools and Approaches. Zoe Barley, Sheila Arens, Kerry Englert, Mariam Manley Mid-continent Research for Education and Learning www.mcrel.org Canadian Evaluation Society Vancouver B.C. June, 2003. A Brief History of Evaluation. Pre 1900 – Age of Reform

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Evaluation Tools and Approaches

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  1. Evaluation Tools and Approaches Zoe Barley, Sheila Arens, Kerry Englert, Mariam Manley Mid-continent Research for Education and Learning www.mcrel.org Canadian Evaluation Society Vancouver B.C. June, 2003

  2. A Brief History of Evaluation • Pre 1900 – Age of Reform • 1900–1930 – Age of Testing • 1930-1945 – Tylerian Age • 1946-1957 – Age of Innocence • 1958-1972 – Age of Expansion • 1973- -- Age of Professionalization From Madaus, G.F.,Scriven, M.S., & Stufflebeam, D.L. (1983) Evaluation Models, Kluwer-Nijhoff Publishing: Boston

  3. First Generation – Measurement First school tests (1897); Binet’s work (1900’s); Expansion of school testing Second Generation – Description 8 year study (1933); focus on implementation Third Generation – Judgment Countenance model (1967); Discrepancy eval (1971); CIPP (1971); Goal Free (1973) Fourth Generation – Responsive Constructivist claims, concerns, issues of the stakeholder; Responsive evaluation; empowerment evaluation; participatory/collaborative evaluation From Guba, E.G. & Lincoln, Y.S. (1989). Fourth Generation Evaluation, Sage Publications: Newbury Park Role of evaluator: Technical Describer Judge Collaborator Stage manager Change Agent Another History

  4. Why Engage the Stakeholder? • Program evaluation is a process by which society learns about itself. • Program evaluations should contribute to enlightened discussion of alternative plans for social action. • In debates over controversial programs, liars figure and figures lie; the evaluator has the responsibility to protect the clients form both types of deception. • A theory of evaluation must be as much a theory of political interaction as it is a theory of how to determine facts. • The evaluator is an educator; his success is to be judged by what others learn. • Those who shape policy should reach decisions with their eyes open; it is the evaluator's task to illuminate the situation, not to dictate the decision. From Cronbach, L.J and Associates (1980), Toward Reform of Program Evaluation: Jossey-Bass: San Francisco

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