NCJ Number
51141
Journal
EVALUATION Volume: 2 Issue: 1 Dated: (1974) Pages: 9-16
Date Published
1974
Length
8 pages
Annotation
A LEADING SPOKESMAN FOR GOAL-FREE EVALUATION EXPLAINS HOW TO ELIMINATE THE BIASES RESULTING FROM THE EVALUATOR'S AWARENESS OF PROGRAM GOALS.
Abstract
TOPICS DISCUSSED IN THE INTERVIEW CONCERN MORAL AND ETHICAL PROBLEMS IN EVALUATION, THE EVALUATION OF ACTUAL PROGRAM EFFECTS AGAINST A PROFILE OF DEMONSTRATED NEEDS FOR PROGRAM EFFORT (THE DEFINITION OF GOAL-FREE EVALUATION), GOAL-FREE EVALUATION IN THE FIELD OF EDUCATION, METHODOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF GOAL-FREE EVALUATION, DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE ROLE OF THE GOAL-FREE EVALUATOR AND THE ROLE OF THE GOAL-BASED EVALUATOR, NEEDS ASSESSMENT AND THE FEASIBILITY OF GOAL-FREE EVALUATION, ALTERNATIVE MODELS OF EVALUATION, SOURCES OF BIAS ASSOCIATED WITH EVALUATION TECHNIQUES, THE DISTINCTION BETWEEN GOAL-FREE EVALUATION AND CLASSIC EXPERIMENTAL DESIGNS AND PROCEDURES, PROBLEMS IN EVALUATING, RETROSPECTIVE OR IN-PROCESS EVALUATION OF PROGRAMS, THE PEER REVIEW PANEL FORM OF EVALUATION, CONSUMER-ORIENTED EVALUATION, AND CIRCUMSTANCES UNDER WHICH GOAL-FREE EVALUATION MAY NOT BE APPLICABLE. (DEP)