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Encyclopedia of Evaluation

First Edition


April 2013 | 520 pages | SAGE Publications, Inc
All humans are nascent evaluators. Evaluation has been with us throughout history, and in its modern form has moved from the margins to the centres of organizations, agencies, educational institutions and corporate boardrooms. No longer a specialized, part-time activity, evaluation has become institutionalized, a common practice, and indeed an important commodity in political and social life.

The Encyclopedia of Evaluation is an authoritative, first-of-its-kind who, what, where, why, and how of the field of evaluation. Covering professional practice as well as academia, this volume chronicles the development of the field - its history, key figures, theories, approaches and goals. From the leading publisher in the field of evaluation, this work is a must-have for all social science libraries, departments that offer courses in evaluation, and students and professional evaluators around the world.

Topics covered include:

• Concepts, Evaluation

• Concepts, Methodological

• Concepts, Philosophical

• Concepts, Social Science

• Ethics and Standards

• Evaluation Approaches and Models

• Evaluation around the World, Stories

• Evaluation Planning

• Evaluation Theory

• Laws and Legislation

• Organizations

• People

• Publications

• Qualitative Methods

• Quantitative Methods

• Representation, Reporting, Communicating

• Systems

• Technology

• Utilization

The Encyclopedia of Evaluation is an essential reference work for all academic libraries.

 
List of Entries
 
Reader's Guide
 
List of Contributors
 
About the Editor
 
About the Contributors
 
Preface
 
Entries A-W
 
Author Index
 
Subject Index

In this new encyclopedia, veteran professor of education Sandra Mathison leads a team of 108 contributing experts in documenting the development of the field of evaluation and in defining its fundamental concepts and methods. . . . This groundbreaking guide should serve both students and professionals in evaluation.

John R.M. Lawrence
East Carolina University
Lawrence Looks at Books

"The helpful readers' guide provides an overview of the types of information included. Concepts, ethics, approaches and models, organizations, and qualitative and quantitative methods are some of the areas that are covered. The encyclopedia will be most useful in academic libraries and institutions with evaluation programs."

Linda Scarth
Bacons

Sandra Mathison

Sandra Mathison is a Professor of Education at the University of British Columbia, Canada. She has been conducting evaluations, primarily in educational settings, for more than 25 years. She began her career as an internal evaluator at a Canadian community college and has subsequently conducted dozens of external evaluations and served as the Director of Evaluation for the University of Chicago School Mathematics Project for three years. Over these many years and through these many opportunities to do and study evaluation, she has developed an interest in and contributed to evaluation through her emphasis on democratic principles and... More About Author

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