Systematic Evaluation A Self-Instructional Guide to Theory and Practice [Paperback]

1 Introduction to Evaluation.- Objectives.- What Is Evaluation?.- Methods.- Standards.- History.- The Pre-Tylerian Period.- The Tylerian Age.- The Age of Innocence.- The Age of Realism.- The Age of Professionalism.- Roles in Evaluation Work.- Knowledge Test for Unit 1.- Application Exercise.- Questions Without Answers.- References.- 2 An Analysis of Alternative Approaches to Evaluation.- Objectives.- Alternative Conceptualizations of Evaluation.- Pseudoevaluation.- Covert Investigations.- Public-relations-Inspired Studies.- Quasievaluations.- Objectives-based Studies.- Experimentally Oriented Studies.- True Evaluations.- Decision-oriented Studies.- Client-centered Studies.- Policy Studies.- Consumer-oriented Studies.- Conclusion.- Knowledge Test for Unit 2.- Application Exercises.- Questions Without Answers.- References.- 3 Objectives-oriented Evaluation: The Tylerian Tradition.- Objectives.- The Intention of the Tylerian Approach.- Procedure for Evaluation Design.- Advantages of the Tylerian Approach.- Uses of the Tylerian Model.- Some Limitations of the Tylerian Approach.- Evaluation as a Terminal Process.- Technical Constraints.- Behaviors as the Ultimate Criterion.- Bias and Narrow Focus of Evaluation Components.- Metfessel and Michael: An Extension of the Tylerian Approach.- The Eight-Step Procedure for Evaluation.- The Appendix of Multiple Criterion Measures.- Knowledge Test for Unit 2.- Application Exercises.- Questions Without Answers.- References.- 4 Edward A. Suchman and the Scientific Approach to Evaluation.- Objectives.- Conceptual Aspects of Evaluation.- Purposes and Principles of Evaluation.- Values and the Evaluation Process.- Assumptions for Evaluation Studies.- Types of Evaluation.- Categories of Evaluation.- Methodological Aspects of Evaluation.- Evaluation versus Nonevaluation Research.- Methodological Approaches to Evaluation.- Variations in Evaluation Research Design.- Principles of Evaluation Research Design.- The Measurement of Effects.- Evalulœ