Politics of Program Evaluation in Large City School Districts

Politics & the evaluation process in the realm of education are viewed as interacting forces; political influence gives rise to the evaluation effort & its implementation, while the evaluation itself affects political activities, particularly policy-making. Politics, while forming an importa...

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Veröffentlicht in:Education and urban society 1977-08, Vol.9 (4), p.429-450
Hauptverfasser: Englert, Richard M., Kean, Michael H., Scribner, Jay D.
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:Politics & the evaluation process in the realm of education are viewed as interacting forces; political influence gives rise to the evaluation effort & its implementation, while the evaluation itself affects political activities, particularly policy-making. Politics, while forming an important dimension of the evaluation process, is only one aspect of it; coping with political elements in context with the other components of program evaluation is viewed as a necessary skill. M. Cain.
ISSN:0013-1245
1552-3535
DOI:10.1177/001312457700900403