Full Description
Solving complex evaluation environments with competing stakeholder needsResponding to Sponsors and Stakeholders in Complex Evaluation Environments: New Directions for Evaluation, Number 95 provides in-depth guidance on answering the question: "For whom are we doing this evaluation, anyway?". The answer may be more complex that it appears, and right and wrong answers may actually overlap. This book identifies the challenges of complex evaluation environments, and shows you how to meet the multiple often competing needs of everyone involved. From difficulties in context and authorization to initiatives and legislation, this book provides insight every evaluation organization needs.
Contents
EDITORS' NOTES (Rakesh Mohan, David J. Bernstein, Maria D. Whitsett).1. Program Evaluation in a Challenging Authorizing Environment: Intergovernmental and Interorganizational Factors (Kimberly A. Fredericks, Joanne G. Carman, Thomas A. Birkland).2. Evaluation Across an Intergovernmental Context: Issues Raised Through Different Perspectives on Even Start (Susan Boser).3. Building Local Program Evaluation Capacity Toward a Comprehensive Evaluation (Hao Tang, David W. Cowling, Kristi Koumjian, April Roeseler, Jon Lloyd,Todd Rogers).4. Community-Based Organizations and State Initiatives: The Negotiation Process of Program Evaluation (Bianca L. Guzman, Aida Feria).5. Program Evaluation in State Legislatures: Professional Services Delivered in a Complex, Competitive Environment (Frances S. Berry, John W. Turcotte, Sarah C. Latham).6. Addressing Sponsor and Stakeholder Needs in the Evaluation Authorizing Environment: Trends and Implications (David J. Bernstein, Maria D. Whitsett, Rakesh Mohan).Index.
