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Overall Coordination of Government-Funded Research and Development Programs in Korea
Get PDFGiven the increasing significance of government-sponsored research and development (R&D) programs in Korea, the importance of efficient and effective overall coordination of those programs based on the objective evaluation seems certain to increase. This paper introduces the overall coordination system of national R&D programs in Korea, and addresses current issues and problems encountered in the process of overall coordination. We finally propose a reform measure for the improvement of an overall coordination practice
Review of Evaluation: The International Journal of Theory, Research, and Practice, Volumes 11(2), 11(3), and 11(4)
Get PDFThe following contribution provides a summary of Volumes 11(2), 11(3), and 11(4) of Evaluation: The International Journal of Theory, Research and Practice (2005). The central motif of issue 11(2) is learning, that is, learning from theories of change, “accountability (f)or learning,” learning aided by cluster evaluation, facets of organizational learning, and learning from the use of certain research designs. Issue 11(3) centers on issues and approaches of (primarily policy) evaluation in different countries (Belgium, the United Kingdom, Norway, and Japan) and contexts (development evaluation, educational evaluation, social service evaluation). Issue 11(4) stresses evaluation designs, methodological approaches, evaluator competencies, and problems of bottom-up versus top-down evaluation. The following briefly summarized the contributions of each volume.
Review of The Evaluation Exchange, Volume XI(1), XI(2), and XI(3)
No full textThe Evaluation Exchange is a free, online evaluation periodical (http://www.gse.harvard.edu/hfrp/eval.html) published by the Harvard Family Research Project (HFRP) three or four times annually. It is aimed at addressing issues that program evaluators frequently encounter. The journal emphasizes innovative methods and approaches to evaluation, emerging trends in practice, and practical applications of evaluation theory. It is designed to serve as a medium for evaluators, program practitioners, funders, and policymakers. The journal is divided into five sections; (i) Theory & Practice; (ii) Promising Practices; (iii) Spotlight; (iv) Evaluations to Watch, and (v) Beyond Basic Training. The submissions are typically very brief (2-4 pages) and succinct. Each issue has an overarching theme or topic. The three most recent issues included Complementary Learning (spring 2005), Evaluation Methodology (summer 2005), and Democratic Evaluation (fall 2005)
In This Issue
Get PDFThis is a particularly exciting issue, for several reasons. First, we have an important paper by Tom Cook (describing what is special about the role of experiments, etc.) which goes a long way towards defining a compromise on the ‘causal wars’ issues, as I try to spell out in a few comments, and Jane Davidson discusses in her editorial. We hope Professor Cook will reply to both comments in the next issue if he disagrees with them. And we hope readers will consider adding their input to this important discussion
Collaborative Evaluations: A Step-by-Step Model for the Evaluator
Get PDFA review of the book Collaborative Evaluations: A Step-by-Step Model for the Evaluator by Liliana Rodríguez-Campos published in 2005 by Llumina Press
Taking Evaluation Contexts Seriously: A Cross-Cultural Evaluation in Extreme Unpredictability
Get PDFThe following paper details the evaluation of a public health education project in the state of Maine. Evaluation of education projects presents a challenge, in that the effects of the intervention are not easy to trace and outside influences difficult to impossible to control. This study approached this difficult issue at the start by focusing on one variable for which data are readily available (namely blood lead testing rates). The evaluation was further enhanced by use of a model called "RE- AIM", which measures the reach, efficacy, adoption, implementation and maintenance of educational projects (Glasgow, et.al. 1999). Measurements centered on data tracked through newly created databases and focused on elements directly attributable to the project (i.e. behavior of medical personnel trained through project activities). Finally, small focus groups and interactions with families served by the program were used to derive qualitative data that provided a broader perspective on the success of activities. As the program ultimately seeks to entirely eliminate childhood lead poisoning, this paper concludes with a discussion of areas that continue to need attention for future education projects
Describing what is Special about the Role of Experiments in Contemporary Educational Research?: Putting the “Gold Standard” Rhetoric into Perspective
Get PDFThese remarks deal with vexing issues of method choice that are currently bedeviling the educational research community as it seeks to ground educational policy decisions in better evidence. Of particular importance are debates in American educational circles about the need for experiments versus multi-method studies, and it is on this issue that we focus here. The remarks are organized around the exposition of a limited number of basic points. The emphasis is on clarity of presentation rather than mellifluous prose
Ten Things Evaluation Needs: An Evaluation Needs Assessment
Get PDFIt is important to take stock, to do a rolling needs assessment, every year or so to guide the development of evaluation as a profession. What are the unknowns that continue to plague us? By identifying issues and problems in evaluation for which we have no good answers, we can direct our research energies in productive ways. Said another way, here are ten dissertation topics just waiting to be claimed
Evaluation in the United Kingdom: An Update of Recent Activities
Get PDFThe United Kingdom Evaluation Society (UKES) recently concluded its 11th Annual conference titled “Evaluation in an uncertain world: The role of evaluation in understanding and managing complex change” held December 1-2, 2005 in Manchester, England. This year's UKES conference focused on methods, approaches, and uses of evaluation in the context of change at small group, organizational, national, and international policy levels. The conference incorporated eight themes
Progress Report on JMDE
Get PDFWe have now put out 5 issues, which is conventionally an occasion for summary and reflection. I’ll keep it brief. We now have 1,750 readers who have asked to be notified of the appearance of each issue: we’ll call them ‘committed readers,’ perhaps our closest approximation to subscribers to hardcopy journals. We have had over 19,000 hits on the website, according to our counter, but do not know how many of these read, or download, or make copies for others, of the material. An independent estimate of the number of hits from Lars Balzar’s website (q.v. via Google) places the numbers a little higher, at 12,000 to 30,000 per day (!). Our issues are now widely announced in a considerable number of journals and websites-and many thanks for their help in dissemination