Title: Designing evaluations of educational and social programs /
Authors: Cronbach, Lee J.; Shapiro, Karen,
Date: 1982
Publisher: Jossey-Bass,
Physical description: xxiv, 374 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language: English
LC classification: L
Abstract: Designing an evaluation is rather an art, as each must be designed according to its appropriateness to the situation being evaluated. The advantages of each feature of the design must be balanced against any sacrifices each of these choices entail. Designers must plan for the allocation of investigative resources, selecting investigative questions that are most apt, and be aware of both practical and political considerations. This volume includes both new approaches to the design of educational evaluations, and discusses the pros and cons of frequently used design concepts.
Contents: Issues in planning evaluations -- Three illustrative studies -- Elements in evaluation design -- The limited reach of internal validity -- Models for internal and external inference -- Mathematical extrapolations : procedures and uncertainties -- Choosing questions to investigate -- Controls that promote reproducibility -- Planning to provide relevant answers -- Evaluation : the art of the possible.
Notes: Includes indexes.
Subject headings (LCSH): Educational accountability.; Evaluation research (Social action programs)