The role of culture and cultural context
Subtitle: a mandate for inclusion, the discovery of truth and understanding in evaluative theory and practice
By: edited by Stafford Hood, Rodney Hopson, and Henry Frierson.
Contributors: Hood, Stafford.; Hopson, Rodney K.; Frierson, Henry T. 1944-
Publisher: IAP
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Greenwich, CT
Language: eng
Number of pages: 235
Subjects: Educational evaluation -- Social aspects -- United States.; Educational equalization -- United States.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: value: Introduction : this is where we stand / Stafford Hood, Rodney Hopson, and Henry Frierson; value: Evaluators as stewards of the public good / Jennifer C. Greene; value: Through a cultural lens : reflections on validity and theory in evaluation / Karen E. Kirkhart; value: Persuasive language, responsive design : a framework for interculturally responsive evaluation / Melvin Hall and Denise Ward Hood; value: Promoting culturally reliable and valid evaluation practice / Sharon Nelson-Barber, Joan LaFrance, Elise Trumbull, and Sofia Aburto; value: An untold story in evaluation roots : Reid E. Jackson and his contributions toward culturally responsive evaluation at three quarters of a century / Rodney Hopson and Stafford Hood; value: Learning to play scholarly jazz : a culturally responsive evaluation of the Hopi teachers for Hopi schools project / Carolyne J. White and Mary Hermes; value: The PENAL project : program evaluation and native American liability / Guy Senese; value: It starts with a Machete : the politics and poetics of space In urban school reform / Nona M. Burney, Carolyne J. White, and Mary E. Weems; value: Using theory-driven evaluation with underserved communities : promoting program development and program sustainability /  Katrina L. Bledsoe; value: Cultural reflections stemming from the evaluation of an undergraduate research program / Michelle Jay, Dedra Eatmon, and Henry T. Frierson; value: The use of contextually relevant evaluation practices with programs designed to increase participation of minorities in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education / Elmima Johnson.