Journal of MultiDisciplinary Evaluation (JMDE)
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Washington, DC: Evaluation of Driver Education
Get PDFThis is intended to provide a brief overview of this project and of the consultative workshop which took place last week in Washington, D.C
New Directions for Evaluation
Get PDFThe two most recent issues of New Directions for Evaluation each cover international perspectives in the field. The Fall 2004 issue (Rugg, Peersman, and Carael) addressed “Global Advances in HIV/AIDS Monitoring and Evaluation” while the Winter 2004 issue (Russon and Russon) concerned “International Perspectives on Evaluation Standards.
Evaluation in Japan
Get PDFTwo years have passed since the “Government Policy Evaluations Act” (GPEA) became effective in Japan on April 1, 2002. In that time, evaluation has been well accepted as an essential part of the policy management cycle at each ministry of the Japanese government. It is reported that evaluation results have been utilized for budget formulation by governmental ministries, and it is also observed that policies have been prioritized and, conversely, abolished based on the evaluation results. Other merits of introducing evaluation are that the so-called ‘policydiagram’ has been frequently developed at ministries, and policy goals havebecome more outcome-oriented with more quantitative measures. Now the Act is under discussion for amendment with some major points proposed for change
In This Issue
Get PDFThe journal homepage has had over 6,000 hits, and there have been around 2,500 downloads of all or part of the first issue. Our list of 932 people who want to benotified of new issues now includes residents from more than 100 countries. The current issue is a bit longer: it runs over 170pp. but you can download just the parts that interest you
Japan Evaluation Society: Pilot Test of an Accreditation Scheme for Evaluation Training
Get PDFThe Japan Evaluation Society (JES) has conducted a pilot test of an accreditation scheme for short-term evaluation training programs. The program chosen for this test was a 4-day school evaluation training course organized by a public teacher training center in cooperation with Hiroshima University
National and Regional Evaluation Networks
Get PDFThe following list of national and regional evaluation networks was obtained from the International Organization for Cooperation in Evaluation (IOCE) at http://ioce.net. The IOCE is an organization for evaluation networks and societies that is committed to building a worldwide evaluation community
A Call to Action: The First International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry
Get PDFThe First International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry, held at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign from May 5-7, 2005, was assembled so that the international community of qualitative researchers could address the implications of attempts by federal funding agencies to “regulate scientific inquiry by defining what is good science” (Denzin, 2005b). The Congress was attended by more than 800 persons from more than 45 nations. More than 160 sessions consisting of more than 650 papers authored by more than 750 persons were presented. The complete Congress program, including session and paper abstracts, complete papers, and other information is available at http://www.qi2005.org/
Aotearoa/New Zealand Starting National Evaluation Conferences
Get PDFAotearoa/New Zealand had its first national evaluation conference in September 2004. Organised by the Auckland Evaluation Group, the meeting was held at the Tauhara Centre, near Lake Taupo (central North Island)
Conference Explores the Intersection of Evaluation and Research with Practice and Native Hawaiian Culture
Get PDFLast October, the Policy Analysis & System Evaluation (PASE) department of Kamehameha Schools organized a conference at their Hawai‘i (Big Island) campus. The purpose of the gathering was to gain a better understanding of Hawaiian well-being by bringing together multiple viewpoints from diverse disciplines
An Update on Evaluation in Canada
Get PDFThe most pertinent news on the Canadian front is of course the 2005 joint Canadian Evaluation Society (CES)/American Evaluation Association (AEA)conference: Crossing Borders, Crossing Boundaries