Standards-Based and Responsive Evaluation
Author | : Robert E. Stake |
Publisher | : SAGE Publications |
Total Pages | : 368 |
Release | : 2003-10-30 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781483303710 |
ISBN-13 | : 1483303713 |
Rating | : 4/5 (713 Downloads) |
Download or read book Standards-Based and Responsive Evaluation written by Robert E. Stake and published by SAGE Publications. This book was released on 2003-10-30 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book begins with the main strategic choices an evaluator needs to make between approaches: quantitatively,by explicating criteria, needs, standards, and performances, or qualitatively, by studying the activity, aspirations, problems, and accomplishments of the participants and critical observers. After reading the text, students will have a better appreciation of evaluation as a process that needs to be custom-fit to the situation. Throughout the book, Stake presents evaluation as a series of choices for the reader: - To remain independent or to join with program staff or stakeholders - To value personal experience as evidence or to shun it as biased - To aid development formatively or to assess the existing program summatively - To use issues, goals, gains, efficiency, or problem solving as the key conceptual structure - To invest small or large in trying out and validating data-gathering procedures - To support the standards and ethical codes of professional associations