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Practical Program Evaluation : Theory-Driven Evaluation and the Integrated Evaluation Perspective
The Second Edition of Practical Program Evaluation shows readers how to systematically identify stakeholders’ needs in order to select the evaluation options best suited to meet those needs.Within his discussion of the various evaluation types, Huey T.Chen details a range of evaluation approaches suitable for use across a program’s life cycle.At the core of program evaluation is its body of concepts, theories, and methods.This revised edition provides an overview of these, and includes expanded coverage of both introductory and more cutting-edge techniques within six new chapters.Illustrated throughout with real-world examples that bring the material to life, the Second Edition provides many new tools to enrich the evaluator’s toolbox.
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Defensible Teacher Evaluation : Student Growth Through Classroom Assessment
Meaningful teacher evaluation starts with visible student growth Annual standardized test scores cannot provide evidence of student growth needed to evaluate teacher performance.But consider student growth in the form of evidence derived from classroom assessment and you’re on to something.For assessment expert Rick Stiggins, this can form the basis for a truly productive teacher evaluation strategy. This revolutionary book helps you bring classroom assessment to bear for real school improvement, with A plan for teacher evaluation based, in part, on dependable evidence of student growth Strategies for improving the assessment literacy of teachers and school leaders Five steps for developing and implementing productive local district assessment systems Practical tools that teachers and their evaluators can put to use immediately In this era of aggressive teacher evaluation reform, where teachers are charged with preparing ALL students to master 21st century proficiencies, the measurement of teacher success must start where learning happens—in the classroom. "Developing a fair, practical, and effective teacher evaluation system is like climbing a high mountain: it’s impossible until someone finds a route.That’s what Rick does in this book. He identifies the immense challenges associated with using evidence on student learning as the principal criteria in teacher evaluation and then offers practical guidance for overcoming those challenges.He hasn’t made the climb easy, but he shows us the way." —Thomas R.Guskey, Professor of Educational Psychology University of Kentucky "Rick Stiggins builds a compelling case for the development of a solid foundation of assessment competence throughout our educational system." —Linda Darling-Hammond, Charles E.Ducommun Professor of Education Stanford University
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Portfolio Management : Delivering on Strategy
Portfolio management is becoming the ‘must have’ for organizations to prosper and survive in this decade and beyond.No longer can the organizational focus be one of following best and repeatable practices as resource limitations mean only those programs, projects, and operational work that add business value can and should be pursued.Executives are focusing on strategic ability and managing complexity, which can only be done through a disciplined portfolio process in ensuring the best mix of programs, projects, and operational work is under way.In turn, the portfolio is constantly in flux as difficult decisions are made if a project, for example, is no longer contributing to business value and providing benefits and should be terminated to reallocate resources to one of higher priority.Commitment to this difficult approach is necessary at all levels, and communication is required so everyone knows how their work contributes to the organization’s strategic goals and objectives. Portfolio Management: Delivering on Strategy, Second Edition focuses on the benefits of portfolio management to the organization.Its goal is to provide senior executives a view on how portfolio management can deliver organizational strategy.The emphasis is on the specific aspects within the portfolio management discipline and how each aspect should be managed from a business perspective and not necessarily from a portfolio management perspective.Highlights of the book include:Agile portfolio management Delivering organizational value Portfolio management and uncertainty Portfolio governance Marketing a portfolio Portfolio management success Starting with a review of the project portfolio concept and its development, this book is a reference for executives and practitioners in the field, as well as a students and researchers studying portfolio management.
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Evaluation Time : A Practical Guide for Evaluation
This book is an accessible, contemporary, and comprehensive guide to the concepts and practice of evaluation.Authors Gail Vallance Barrington and Beverly Triana-Tremain integrate new approaches and concerns, and classic frameworks with practical tools that readers can use to design evaluation studies.They show how evaluators measure whether the planned and implemented interventions or services are achieving their goals and objectives, while focusing on the questions most important to the community and organizations in which the evaluation takes place.The book stresses the role of critical and evaluative thinking, as well as self-reflection, and demonstrates the importance of context and equity in today’s turbulent environment, offering a new stance for evaluators to support global as well as local issues.
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What is an objective evaluation and what is a subjective evaluation?
An objective evaluation is a measurement or assessment that is based on observable, measurable, and verifiable evidence. It is not influenced by personal feelings, interpretations, or biases. A subjective evaluation, on the other hand, is based on personal opinions, interpretations, and feelings. It is influenced by individual perspectives and can vary from person to person. Objective evaluations are often used in scientific research, performance appraisals, and standardized testing, while subjective evaluations are common in art, literature, and personal experiences.
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Isn't the evaluation unfair?
The fairness of an evaluation depends on the criteria and process used to assess the subject. If the evaluation is based on clear, objective criteria and conducted in a transparent and unbiased manner, then it can be considered fair. However, if the evaluation is influenced by personal biases, subjective opinions, or inconsistent standards, then it may be deemed unfair. It is important to ensure that evaluations are conducted with integrity and fairness to accurately assess the subject's performance or qualities.
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How to create an evaluation?
To create an evaluation, start by defining the purpose and objectives of the evaluation. Determine the criteria and methods that will be used to assess the subject or program being evaluated. Develop a plan that outlines the timeline, data collection methods, analysis techniques, and reporting format. Finally, implement the evaluation plan, collect data, analyze the results, and present findings with recommendations for improvement.
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What is understood by evaluation?
Evaluation is the process of assessing the value, worth, or quality of something based on specific criteria or standards. It involves gathering and analyzing information to make judgments or decisions about the effectiveness, efficiency, or impact of a program, project, product, or service. Evaluation helps to determine whether the intended goals and objectives have been achieved, and provides insights for improvement or decision-making. It is a systematic and objective way of measuring performance and informing future actions.
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Realistic Evaluation
Realistic Evaluation shows how program evaluation needs to be, and can be bettered.It presents a profound yet highly readable critique of current evaluation practice, and goes on to introduce a `manifesto' and `handbook' for a fresh approach. The main body of this book is devoted to the articulation of a new evaluation paradigm, which promises greater validity and utility from the findings of evaluation studies.The authors call this new approach `realistic evaluation'.The name reflects the paradigm's foundation in scientific realist philosophy, its commitment to the idea that programmes deal with real problems rather than mere social constructions, and its primary intention, which is to inform realistic developments in policy making that benefit programme participants and the public.Ray Pawson and Nicholas Tilley argue with passion that scientific evaluation requires a careful blend of theory and method, quality and quantity, ambition and realism. The book offers a complete blueprint for evaluation activities, running from design to data collection and analysis to the cumulation of findings across programmes and onto the realization of research into policy.The argument is developed using practical examples throughout and is grounded in the major fields of programme evaluation. This book will be essential reading for all those involved in the evaluation process especially those researchers, students and practitioners in the core disciplines of sociology, social policy, criminology, health and education. `This book is a must for those engaged in the field, providing a fully illustrated text on evaluation with numerous examples from the criminal justice system.Unusually, it offers something for the academic, practitioner and student alike.I found Pawson and Tilley's latest work on evaluation an enjoyable and informative read.For myself their "realistic evaluation" clarified and formalised a jumbled set of ideas I had already been developing.Although not everyone will agree with the methodology proposed by the authors, this book is a valuable read as it will cause most of us at least to review our methodological stance' - International Journal of Police Science and Management`This is an engaging book with a strong sense of voice and communicative task.The voice is sometimes strident, but always clear. Its communicative qualities are evident equally in its structure: lots of signposting for the reader within and across chapters' - Language Teaching Research`This provocative, elegant and highly insightful book focuses on the effective incorporation of actual practice into the formulation of evaluation methodology.What a pleasure to read sentences like: "The research act involves "learning" a stakeholder's theories, formalizing them, and "teaching" them back to that informant who is then in a position to comment upon, clarify and further refine the key ideas".Pawson and Tilley have given us a wise, witty and persuasive account of how real practitioner experience might be encouraged to intrude on (and modify) researchers' concepts about program processes and outcomes.This holds important promise for achieving something that is devoutly to be wished: closer interaction among at least some researchers and some policy makers' - Eleanor Chelimsky, Past-President of the American Evaluation Association`This is a sustained methodological argument by two wordly-wise social scientists.Unashamedly intellectual, theoretically ambitious yet with a clear but bounded conception of evaluation.It is articulate, occasionally eloquent and always iconoclastic, whilst eschewing "paradigm wars".The Pawson and Tilley "realist" call to arms threatens to take no prisoners among experimentalists, constructivists or pluralists.It is the kind of book that clarifies your thoughts, even when you disagree with everything they say' - Elliot Stern, The Tavistock Institute
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Curriculum Design, Evaluation, and Teaching in Medical Education : Recognizing Challenges and Opportunities
This concise and challenging examination of medical education aims to discuss curriculum design and evaluation in medical schools and to take a fresh look at current trends in patient care and continuing education teaching methods.The ideas and insights provided here are based on the author's long career in clinical practice and teaching medical students and residents. Medical education is no exception to the changes at every level in medicine.For example, the ready access to medical information via the Internet and other media has produced smarter and informed patients. Multi-specialty hospital practice has replaced the individual 'doctor-patient' relationship, perhaps compromising patient care to some extent. New subjects have been added over the years to medical curricula.Nevertheless, there has often been a reluctance to remove older topics, possibly limiting the medical training course's ability to develop as expected. The transition from theories of higher education to the reality of curriculum planning and design is a huge leap.An important question is how to translate the mission of higher education in general which has been variably described as a training of 'reflective individuals' who 'possess both culture and expertise' and can 'master any subject with facility' into a coherent teaching program.The mission of medical education includes the promotion of professionalism in learners by including courses in medical ethics that have become integral to medical education in the USA.However, despite the development of standards and competencies related to professionalism, there is no consensus on the specific goals of medical ethics education, the knowledge and skills expected of learners, and the best pedagogical methods and processes for their implementation and assessment. A significant contribution to the clinical teaching literature, Curriculum Design, Evaluation, and Teaching in Medical Education should be of interest to a variety of readers, including clinical educators, administrators, health care professionals, and especially residency directors.
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Program Evaluation : Embedding Evaluation into Program Design and Development
Program Evaluation: Embedding Evaluation into Program Design and Development provides an in-depth examination of the foundations, methods, and relevant issues in the field of evaluation.With an emphasis on an embedded approach, where evaluation is an explicit part of a program that leads to the refinement of the program, students will learn how to conduct effective evaluations that foster continual improvement and enable data-based decision making.This text provides students with both the theoretical understanding and the practical tools to conduct effective evaluations while being rigorous enough for experienced evaluators looking to expand their approach to evaluation.
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Trade and Receivables Finance : A Practical Guide to Risk Evaluation and Structuring
Trade and Receivable Finance provides the definitive practical guide to the evaluation and mitigation of risk and the financing of international trade. This authoritative manual is built upon more than 42 years of experience in the trade and receivables finance market and carries the endorsement of The London Institute of Banking and Finance. The contents are comprehensive incorporating clause examples, specimen documents, financier checklists and diagrams. The traditional method of commercial lending assessment places primary importance on the ability of the borrower to repay the financier.However, this form of evaluation often results in insufficient credit appetite to release the required level of financial support for a company involved in cross border trade. When a trade-related proposition is properly evaluated so that the transactional risks are fully understood and mitigated to an acceptable level, and the source of repayment is identifiable and considered reliable, a well-structured trade and receivables finance facility reduces the risk of default when compared to conventional lending products and can generate additional credit appetite. This book will become a constant ‘go-to’ companion for transaction banking teams, bank relationship managers, specialist client-facing trade and invoice finance specialists, middle and back office trade advisory personnel, credit analysts, alternative market financiers, export development agencies and credit insurers. The techniques described in this book are applied to an extensive range of international trade scenarios inThe Trade and Receivables Finance Companion: A Collection of Case Studies and Solutions (Palgrave, 2020).
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What is an evaluation concept?
An evaluation concept is a framework or approach used to assess the effectiveness, efficiency, relevance, and impact of a program, project, or intervention. It involves defining the criteria and standards for evaluation, determining the methods and tools to collect and analyze data, and interpreting the findings to make informed decisions. Evaluation concepts help stakeholders understand the strengths and weaknesses of their initiatives and make improvements based on evidence and feedback.
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What is the teacher's evaluation?
The teacher's evaluation is a process where a teacher's performance, effectiveness, and impact on students are assessed. This evaluation typically involves feedback from students, colleagues, administrators, and self-assessment by the teacher. The evaluation helps identify areas of strength and areas for improvement, and can be used to inform professional development goals and decisions regarding promotion or tenure. It is an important tool for ensuring that teachers are meeting the needs of their students and continuously improving their practice.
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What is an unfair evaluation?
An unfair evaluation is a judgment or assessment of someone's performance, abilities, or characteristics that is biased, unjust, or based on inaccurate information. It can occur when the evaluator allows personal feelings, prejudices, or stereotypes to influence their assessment, rather than objectively considering the individual's actual performance or qualities. Unfair evaluations can have negative consequences for the person being evaluated, such as being passed over for opportunities, receiving lower compensation, or experiencing damage to their reputation. It is important for evaluations to be conducted in a fair and objective manner to ensure that individuals are treated equitably.
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Is this a correct evaluation?
Without knowing the specific evaluation in question, it is difficult to determine if it is correct or not. Evaluations are typically based on specific criteria and evidence, so without that information it is impossible to make a judgment. It would be helpful to provide more context or details about the evaluation in order to determine its correctness.
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