{"title":"Theory-based evaluation","authors":"Carol Taylor Fitz-Gibbon, Lynn Lyons Morris","doi":"10.1016/S0886-1633(96)90024-0","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S0886-1633(96)90024-0","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>A theory-based evaluation of a program is one in which the selection of program features to evaluate is determined by an explicit conceptualization of the program in terms of a theory, a theory which attempts to explain how the program produces the desired effects.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":84713,"journal":{"name":"Evaluation practice","volume":"17 2","pages":"Pages 177-184"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1996-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S0886-1633(96)90024-0","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"56197672","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Types of evaluation and types of evaluator","authors":"Michael Scriven","doi":"10.1016/S0886-1633(96)90020-3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/S0886-1633(96)90020-3","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>In response to the previous papers, Scriven defends the formative/ summative dichotomy as one reasonable way (of several possible ways) to classify evaluation activities. He argues that context ultimately ascribes to evaluation activities their formative or summative function, and clarifies areas of agreement and disagreement with authors Chen, Patton, and Wholey. The paper concludes with a definition of “evaluator” and a listing of competencies required for “entry into the club.”</p></div>","PeriodicalId":84713,"journal":{"name":"Evaluation practice","volume":"17 2","pages":"Pages 151-161"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1996-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S0886-1633(96)90020-3","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"71715604","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Outcome equity in education","authors":"John D. Jones","doi":"10.1016/S0886-1633(96)90027-6","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S0886-1633(96)90027-6","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":84713,"journal":{"name":"Evaluation practice","volume":"17 2","pages":"Pages 191-192"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1996-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S0886-1633(96)90027-6","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"56197992","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Excerpts from evaluation research: Methods of assessing program effectiveness","authors":"Carol H. Weiss","doi":"10.1016/S0886-1633(96)90023-9","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S0886-1633(96)90023-9","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":84713,"journal":{"name":"Evaluation practice","volume":"17 2","pages":"Pages 173-175"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1996-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S0886-1633(96)90023-9","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"56197622","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Epilogue: Synthesizing formative/summative evaluation issues and beyond","authors":"Huey-Tsyh Chen","doi":"10.1016/S0886-1633(96)90021-5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/S0886-1633(96)90021-5","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Chen closes by discussing what he views as important issues that emerged from the debates. These issues and Chen's interpretations of panel members' views relative to them are summarized and synthesized below.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":84713,"journal":{"name":"Evaluation practice","volume":"17 2","pages":"Pages 163-167"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1996-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S0886-1633(96)90021-5","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"71779151","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"End of an era: Closing the U.S. general accounting office's program evaluation and methodology division","authors":"Patrick G. Grasso (Director)","doi":"10.1016/S0886-1633(96)90015-X","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S0886-1633(96)90015-X","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":84713,"journal":{"name":"Evaluation practice","volume":"17 2","pages":"Pages 115-117"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1996-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S0886-1633(96)90015-X","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"56197487","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}