The Program Evaluation Standards; How to Assess Evaluations of Educational Programs

by Sanders, James; Educational Evaluation, The

• ISBN13: 9780803957312
• ISBN10: 0803957319
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1994-06-01
• Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc

Summary

The Second Edition of this volume is the result of an extensive review process by the Joint Committee of the original Standards for Evaluations of Educational Programs, Projects, and Materials published in 1981. The 30 standards are divided into four groups corresponding to the attributes of fair programme evaluation - utility; feasibility; propriety; and accuracy. In this new edition original standards have been combined and others added, with new case illustrations featuring applications of the standards to reform efforts in a diverse range of settings including schools, universities, law, medicine, nursing, business and social service agencies. Taken as a set, the Standards provide a working philosophy for evaluators.

Table of Contents

Functional Table of Contents	vii
The Joint Committee	xi
Acknowledgments	xiii
Invitation to Users	xiv
Preface	xvi
Introduction	1	(2)
Definitions	3	(1)
Domain of the Standards	4	(1)
Intended Audiences	4	(1)
Organization and Substance of the Standards	5	(2)
Format	7	(1)
Applying the Standards	8	(183)
A Case Study Application	12	(5)
Our Charge to the Users of These Standards	17	(1)
Checklist for Applying the Standards	18	(5)
THE STANDARDS
Utility Standards	23	(40)
Stakeholder Identification	25	(6)
Evaluator Credibility	31	(6)
Information Scope and Selection	37	(6)
Values Identification	43	(6)
Report Clarity	49	(4)
Report Timeliness and Dissemination	53	(6)
Evaluation Impact	59	(4)
Feasibility Standards	63	(18)
Practical Procedures	65	(6)
Political Viability	71	(6)
Cost Effectiveness	77	(4)
Propriety Standards	81	(44)
Service Orientation	83	(4)
Formal Agreements	87	(6)
Rights of Human Subjects	93	(6)
Human Interactions	99	(6)
Complete and Fair Assessment	105	(4)
Disclosure of Findings	109	(6)
Conflict of Interest	115	(6)
Fiscal Responsibility	121	(4)
Accuracy Standards	125	(66)
Program Documentation	127	(6)
Context Analysis	133	(4)
Described Purposes and Procedures	137	(4)
Defensible Information Sources	141	(4)
Valid Information	145	(8)
Reliable Information	153	(6)
Systematic Information	159	(6)
Analysis of Quantitative Information	165	(6)
Analysis of Qualitative Information	171	(6)
Justified Conclusions	177	(4)
Impartial Reporting	181	(4)
Metaevaluation	185	(6)
Appendix: The Support Groups	191	(12)
Glossary	203	(8)
Bibliography	211	(6)
Index	217