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Revisiting truth, beauty, and justice : evaluating with validity in the 21st century / James C. Griffith, Bianca Montrosse-Moorhead, editors.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- New directions for evaluation ; Number 142.
- New Directions for Evaluation, 1534-875X ; Number 142
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Evaluation--Congresses.
- Evaluation.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (120 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- San Francisco, California : Jossey-Bass, 2014.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This issue discusses ways of constructing, organizing, and managing arguments for evaluation. Not focued solely on the logic of evaluation or predictive validity, it discusses the various elements needed to construct evaluation arguments that are compelling and influential by virtue of the truth, beauty, and justice they express. Through exposition, original research, critical reflection, and application to case examples, the authors present tools, perspectives, and guides to help evaluators navigate the complex contexts of evaluation in the 21st century.This is the 142nd issue in the New Dire
- Contents:
- Revisiting Truth, Beauty, and Justice: Evaluating With Validity in the 21st Century; CONTENTS; EDITORS' NOTES; Expanding the Concept of Validity; Clarity and Disclosure Regarding the Terms of Evaluating With Validity; Brief Overview of Chapters; References; 1 Origins of the Ideas in Evaluating with Validity; Thirty Years Later; References; 2 The Value in Validity; Truth, Beauty, and Justice in a Federally Funded Magnet School Evaluation; The 1990 National Assessment Governing Board: National Assessment of Educational Progress Standard Setting Evaluation; Analysis
- Values and Validity in the Context of Evaluation PracticeNotes; References; 3 How "Beauty" Can Bring Truth and Justice to Life; The Importance of Beauty; A Story of Incoherence; Why Are Some Evaluations So "Incoherent"?; The Story of the Evaluation (Not); Sound Evaluative Reasoning-What It Looks Like; Reasoned Answers That Are Clear, Direct, and Explicitly Evaluative; Step 5 of the Actionable Evaluation Framework: Succinct Reporting; Beauty, Power, and Justice; Truth, Beauty, and Justice-Three Decades On; Conclusions; References; 4 Credible Judgment: Combining Truth, Beauty, and Justice
- IntroductionPresenting Our Research on Evaluative Judgment; Sampling; Data Collection: Methods and Procedure; Data Analysis; Results; Linking the Research Results With House's Views on Validity; Linking These Views With Research Results; Conclusion; Note; References; 5 Negotiating Truth, Beauty, and Justice: A Politically Responsive Approach; Political Credibility and Politically Responsive Evaluation; Politically Responsive Evaluation Cases; Initial Empirical Examination; Conclusion; Note; References
- 6 Truth, Beauty, and Justice: Conceptualizing House's Framework for Evaluation in Community-Based SettingsBrief Overview of Evaluating with Validity; What Is the Nature of Communities?; Conducting Evaluation in Community-Based Settings; Truth; Validity and Truth; Beauty; Justice; Conclusion; References; 7 Justice Signposts in Evaluation Theory, Practice, and Policy; Signposts; House's Contribution to the Justice Turn in Evaluation; Contemporary Justice Signposts in Evaluation; Signpost 1: Continue to Expand the Social Justice or Values Branch of the Evaluation Theory Tree
- Signpost 2: Develop Evaluation as a Way to Liberate and Decolonize Issues and Challenges Faced by Marginalized, Underserved, and UnderrepresentedConclusions; Notes; References; 8 House With a View: Validity and Evaluative Argument; Clarity of Language in Evaluation; Enduring Issues in Validity in Evaluation; New Directions for Evaluating With Validity; Concluding Thoughts; Note; References; INDEX; Order Form; EULA
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed July 1, 2014).
- ISBN:
- 1-118-93035-5
- 1-118-93036-3
- OCLC:
- 881607259
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