Evaluation findings that surprise
By: Richard J. Light, editor.
Contributors: Light, Richard J.; American Evaluation Association.
Series: Jossey-Bass education series; New directions for evaluation -- no. 90
Publisher: Jossey-Bass
Published: 2001
Place of publication: San Francisco
Language: eng
Number of pages: 106
Subjects: Evaluation research (Social action programs); Evaluation; Policy sciences -- Evaluation; Education -- Evaluation
Notes: "Summer 2001."

"A publication of the American Evaluation Association."

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapter, and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Evaluating to resolve controversies -- Richard J. Light; title: Evaluating arrest for intimate partner violence : two decades of research and reform -- Rosemary Chalk, Joel H. Garner; title: Effects of privatization on public services : a historical evaluation approach -- Jennifer S. Light; title: Preventing perinatal transmission of HIV : target programs, not people -- Michael A. Stoto; title: Waiting for Godot : cost-effectiveness analysis in education -- Henry M. Levin; title: How memories of school experiences can enrich educational evaluations -- David B. Pillemer; title: Large-scale professional development for schoolteachers : cases from Pittsburgh, New York City, and the National School Reform Faculty-- Edward Miech, Bill Nave, Frederick Mosteller.