Evaluation category: 669 books
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Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
In the abstract, training is seen as valuable by most people in business and industry. However, in the rush of providing training programs "on time" and "within budget," evaluation of training is frequently left behind as a "nice to have" addition, if practical. In addition,...
Teacher Evaluation Policies and Practices in Japan
How performativity works in schools
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2016
This book explores the impacts of the introduction of new teacher evaluation policies on teachers and head teachers in Japan, particularly that of producing and reinforcing mutual policing relations among teachers and the destabilisation of their identities. It is timely given the big surge of interest...
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Language: English
Release Date: April 11, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: April 11, 2006
"James Altschuld, David Kumar, and their chapter authors have produced an upbeat, provocative, visionary, and useful volume on educational evaluation. Of special utility is its grounding in issues and practices relating to evaluations of science and technology education. The book should appeal...
Evaluation and Social Justice in Complex Sociopolitical Contexts
New Directions for Evaluation, Number 146
Language: English
Release Date: June 18, 2015
This volume is devoted to the theme of social responsibility, social justice, and evaluation. It examines the evaluation–social justice interface and:
shares a variety of options and examples from different settings,
gives voice to populations whose voices are rarely heard, and
contributes...
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Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2014
Racial, ethnic, linguistic, and cultural diversity has become of global importance in places where many never would have imagined. Increasing diversity in the U.S., Europe, Africa, New Zealand, and Asia strongly suggests that a homogeneitybased focus is rapidly becoming an historical artifact. Therefore,...
by Charlotte Danielson, Thomas L. McGreal
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2000
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2000
Teacher evaluation--a term that brings fear, anticipation, stress, anxiety, or even boredom to the hearts of teachers and administrators everywhere. How can we reinvent teacher evaluation so that it really makes a difference--so that everyone in school benefits from it, so that teachers and administrators...
by J. Michael Spector, Allan H.K. Yuen
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2016
Educational Technology Program and Project Evaluation is a unique, comprehensive guide to the formative and summative evaluation of programs, projects, products, practices and policies involving educational technology. Written for both beginning and experienced evaluators, the book utilizes an integrative,...
Evaluation Models
Viewpoints on Educational and Human Services Evaluation
Language: English
Release Date: April 11, 2006
This is an up-to-date revision of the classic text first published in 1983. It includes a historical perspective on the growth of evaluation theory and practice and two comparative analyses of the various alternative perspectives on evaluation. It also includes articles representing the major schools...
Student Evaluation in Higher Education
Reconceptualising the Student Voice
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2016
This book provides a comprehensive and engaging analysis of the purpose and function of student evaluation in higher education. It explores its foundations and the emerging functions, as well as its future potential to improve the quality of university teaching and student learning.
The book...
Designing Educational Project and Program Evaluations
A Practical Overview Based on Research and Experience
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Drawing upon experiences at state and local level project evaluation, and based on current research in the professional literature, Payne presents a practical, systematic, and flexible approach to educational evaluations. Evaluators at all levels -- state, local and classroom -- will find ideas useful...
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Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Phil R. Manning "Can you prove that continuing education really makes any difference?" Over the years, educators concerned with continuing education (CE) for health professionals have either heard or voiced that question in one form or another more than once. But because of the difficulty...
The Training Evaluation Process
A Practical Approach to Evaluating Corporate Training Programs
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
This book details a unique training evaluation approach developed by David J. Basarab, Sr. currently the Manager of Evaluation at Motorola University. This approach was developed in part based on information from his graduate coursework with Dr. Darrell K. Root, professor of program evaluation and...
Improving Teacher Evaluation Systems
Making the Most of Multiple Measures
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
This is the first book to gather and address what we have learned about the impacts and challenges of data-intensive teacher evaluation systems—a defining characteristic of the current education policy landscape. Book Features:Contributions by scholars working at the cutting edge...
The Program Evaluation Standards
A Guide for Evaluators and Evaluation Users
Language: English
Release Date: July 29, 2010
With oversight from the Joint Committee on Standards for Educational Evaluation, Yarbrough, Schulha, Hopson, and Caruthers have revised and illustrated this new edition of the Program Evaluation Standards. These thirty standards support the core attributes of evaluation quality: utility, feasibility,...