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Review of American Journal of Evaluation, 27(2)
No full textAmerican Journal of Evaluation (Volume 27, Issue 2) includes eight articles and five book reviews. The undermentioned is a synopsis of the articles and book reviews in the order in which they appear
The Evaluation Capacity Development Group: A New Nonprofit Organization
Get PDFLast February, Craig Russon served as a resource person at The World Bank’s Global Grantmaking for Small Grants Workshop (Russon, 2005). During his presentation on tracking results and measuring effectiveness, he advanced the idea that the evaluation needs of projects funded by small grants and those funded by large grants are essentially the same in that they both seek to answer two fundamental questions: “Are we doing the right things?”, and “Are we doing things right?
Converting Perspective to Practice
Get PDFAs a critic, not of RCTs but only of RCT imperialism, I am delighted to be able to agree with most of what Tom Cook says in his extremely valuable paper. But I also note here a few minor caveats and a few major disagreements, which I hope will lead to a constructive dialog and a better balance of research funding
A Scale for Describing Levels of Confirmation/Replication in Evaluation
Get PDFIn order to support both the validity and credibility of claims about program or product merit or worth, we often turn to evaluation. There are various ways in which evaluation can be conducted or managed, which themselves have differing levels of validity and credibility. The following scale can be used descriptively to indicate these levels, following the usual view of scientific method which identifies confirmation by others as a major criterion of validity. The higher numbers are not necessarily more valid, though they are generally more credible. Keep your sense of humor when reading this; it’s not only meant to be serious
A Review of the History and the Current Practice of Aid Evaluation
Get PDFThe study discussed here examined the aid evaluation systems. More than fifty aid agencies were reviewed, under the headings of their major characteristics, criteria, types, volumes, and histories of aid evaluation. Based on preliminary results from this analysis, a meta-evaluation was done to identify best practices (if any) and to propose further study topics
Evaluation in Organizations: A Systematic Approach to Enhancing Learning, Performance, and Change
Get PDFA review of the book Evaluation in Organizations: A Systematic Approach to Enhancing Learning, Performance, and Change by Darlene Russ-Eft & Hallie Preskill, published in 2001 by Basic Books
Ethnography and Evaluation: Their Relationship and Three Anthropological Models of Evaluation
Get PDFThis paper examines the relationship between ethnographic research methods and evaluation theory and methodology. It is divided into two main sections: (a) ethnography in evaluation and (b) anthropological models of evaluation. Three levels of the leading anthropological models of evaluation are summarized, which include responsive evaluation, goal-free evaluation, and constructivist evaluation. In conclusion, (a) there is no consensual definition of ethnography; (b) in many circumstances, ethnographic evaluation models may be beneficial; and (c) ethnography can be used in evaluation but requires a high level of analysis to transform ethnographic data into useful information for eliciting an evaluative conclusion
Measurement: Interdisciplinary Research and Perspectives, Volume 1(1), 2003
Get PDFMeasurement: Interdisciplinary Research and Perspectives is a relatively new journal devoted to the interdisciplinary study of measurement in the human sciences and is intended to represent a broad range of disciplines and perspectives including psychometrics, ethnography, social theory, psychology, economics, education, linguistics, sociology, policy studies, history, and law. Each issue is devoted to a single, provocative focus article followed by commentaries and arejoinder article. Further information can be found at http://bearcenter.berkeley.edu/measurement/. Presently eight issues are available covering objectivity and trust, standards-based testing, and certification testing, for example. The inaugural issue—Volume 1(1), 2003—was sent to us by the editors (Mark Wilson at the University of California, Berkeley; Paul De Boeck at K. U. Leuven, Belgium; and Pamela Moss at the University of Michigan) to encourage becoming involved in for example, debating a “focus paper” or participating in a commentary
The Evaluation of Disasters
Get PDFIn the last few years, we have seen some mighty catastrophes on the face of the earth, some wrought by human hands directly and others from great national disasters. We must ask, what has evaluation contributed to aiding humankind cope with these events, and what could it contribute that it has not so far provided
The 2004 Claremont Debate: Lipsey vs. Scriven
Get PDFWhile there is little disagreement about the need for, and value of, program evaluation, there remain major disagreements in the field about best practices. An exchange about the role of randomized control trials in program evaluation practice in educational settings set the stage for the 2004 Claremont Debate. In an effort to seek a deeper understanding of the current dispute, and to possibly discover a middleground or productive resolution, Claremont Graduate University hosted a debate between representatives from both sides.