Progress and future directions in evaluation
Subtitle: perspectives on theory, practice and methods
By: Debra J. Rog, Deborah Fournier, editors.
Contributors: Rog, Debra J.; Fournier, Deborah M.; American Evaluation Association.
Series: Jossey-Bass education series; New directions for evaluation, ISSN -- no. 76, winter 1997; New directions for evaluation -- no. 76.
Publisher: Jossey-Bass
Published: 1997
Place of publication: San Francisco
Language: eng
Number of pages: 111
Subjects: Evaluation
Description: Last year, the American Evaluation Association celebrated its tenth anniversary. The annual conference, held in November 1996 and entitled AEA: A Decade of Progress, Looking Back and Looking Forward, provided an opportunity to review the history and status of the field of evaluation and chart future directions. For this volume, we have selected a broad sampling of papers from this conference to offer the reader an array of perspectives on where the field has been and where it should be going.

The seven authors, all seasoned evaluators, collectively provide a review of the development of evaluation and offer perspectives on its current status and its future directions. Among the several themes noted, one cross-cutting theme emerges as a guiding beacon for the future. Evaluators, whether conducting a single study or a set of studies, are contributing to a broader enterprise.

In doing so, we must be more cognizant of our responsibility to design and implement our studies with this broader contribution in mind.
Notes: "A publication of the American Evaluation Association."

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: What can you build with thousands of bricks? : musings on the cumulation of knowledge in program evaluation -- Mark W. Lipsey -- The; title: landscape of values in evaluation : charted terrain and unexplored territory -- Thomas A. Schwandt; title: Theory-based evaluation : past, present, and future -- Carol H. Weiss; title: Advances in quantitative evaluation, 1987-1996 -- Peter H. Rossi; title: Case study evaluations : a decade of progress? -- Robert K. Yin; title: Learning about welfare reform : lessons from state-based evaluations -- Judith M. Gueron; title: Clarifying goals, reporting results-- Joseph S. Wholey.