Evaluation Theory, Models, and Applications

by Daniel L. Stufflebeam (Western Michigan University); Anthony J. Shinkfield

• ISBN13: 9780787977658
• ISBN10: 0787977659
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2007-04-01
• Publisher: Jossey-Bass

Summary

Evaluation Theory, Models, and Applications is designed for evaluators and students who need to develop a commanding knowledge of the evaluation field: its history, theory and standards, models and approaches, procedures, and inclusion of personnel as well as program evaluation. This important book shows how to choose from a growing array of program evaluation approaches.In one comprehensive resource, the authors have compiled vital information from the evaluation literature and draw on a wide range of practical experiences. Using this book, evaluators will be able to identify, analyze, and judge 26 evaluation approaches. The authors also show how to discriminate between legitimate and illicit approaches based on application of the Joint Committee Program Evaluation Standards.

Author Biography

Daniel L. Stufflebeam, Ph.D., is Distinguished University Professor and Harold and Beulah McKee Professor of Education at Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo. He founded the Evaluation Center at Ohio State University in 1965 and was its director until 2002.

Anthony J. Shinkfield, Ed.D., has served in numerous positions in education leadership, including assistant director, Research and Planning Directorate, Education Department of South Australia. He is currently involved in the evaluation of independent schools and universities in Australia. 

Table of Contents

Tables, Figures, and Exhibits

Acknowledgments

About the Authors

Introduction

Fundamentals of Evaluation

Overview of the Evaluation Field

The Nature of Program Evaluation Theory

Standards for Program Evaluations

Personnel Evaluation: The Ghost in Program Evaluations

An Evaluation of Evaluation Approaches and Models

Background for Assessing Evaluation Approaches and Models

Pseudoevaluations

Questions- and Methods-Oriented Evaluation Approaches (Quasi-Evaluation Studies)

Improvement- and Accountability-Oriented Evaluation Approaches

Social Agenda and Advocacy Approaches

Eclectic Evaluation Approaches

Best Approaches for Twenty-First-Century Evaluations

Explication and Application of Selected Evaluation Approaches

The Evaluation Case: An Evaluation of an Innovative Housing and Community Development Project

Experimental Design

Case Study Evaluations

Daniel Stufflebeam's CIPP Model For Evaluation: An Improvement/Accountability Approach

Michael Scriven's Consumer-Oriented Approach to Evaluation

Robert Stake's Responsive/Client-Centered Evaluation Approach

Michael Patton's Utilization-Focused Evaluation

Evaluation Tasks, Procedures, and Tools and the Metaevaluation Imperative

Identifying and Assessing Evaluation Opportunities

First Steps in Addressing Evaluation Opportunities

Designing Evaluations

Budgeting Evaluations

Contracting Evaluations

Collecting Evaluative Information

Analyzing and Synthesizing Information

Communicating Evaluation Findings

Metaevaluation: Evaluating Evaluations

Glossary

Name Index

Subject Index

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