Program theory in evaluation
Subtitle: challenges and opportunities
By: Patricia J. Rogers ... [et al.], editors.
Contributors: Rogers, Patricia J.; American Evaluation Association.
Series: Jossey-Bass education series; New directions for evaluation -- no. 87
Publisher: Jossey-Bass
Published: 2000
Place of publication: San Francisco, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 115
Subjects: Evaluation research (Social action programs); Evaluation -- Methodology
Notes: "Fall 2000."

"A publication of the American Evaluation Association."

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Program theory evaluation : practice, promise, and problems -- Patricia J. Rogers ... [et al.]; title: Ascertaining causality in theory-based evaluation -- E. Jane Davidson -- The; title: False choice between theory-based evaluation and experimentation -- Thomas D. Cook; title: Which links in which theories shall we evaluate? -- Carol Hirschon Weiss; title: Causal models in program theory evaluation -- Patricia J. Rogers; title: Whether and why? the potential benefits of including program theory evaluation in meta-analysis -- Anthony Petrosino; title: Using program theory to replicate successful programs -- Timothy A. Hacsi; title: Theory-based evaluation : gaining a shared understanding between school staff and evaluators -- Tracy A. Huebner; title: Developing and using a program theory matrix for program evaluation and performance monitoring-- Sue C. Funnell-- Summing up program theory /-- Leonard Bickman.