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The SAGE international handbook of educational evaluation / editors, Katherine E. Ryan, J. Bradley Cousins.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ryan, Katherine E.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Educational evaluation--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Educational evaluation.
- Educational tests and measurements--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Educational tests and measurements.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xx, 587 p.) : ill.
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Other Title:
- International handbook of educational evaluation
- Handbook of educational evaluation
- Educational evaluation
- Place of Publication:
- Los Angeles : SAGE Publications, c2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Bringing together the experiences of top evaluation leaders from around the world, this book presents the core methods & applications of educational evaluation, particularly as they relate to subsequent policy & decision making in all educational contexts.
- Contents:
- Cover; Contents; Introduction; Acknowledgments; Part I - The Educational Evaluation Context; Chapter 1 - Globalization and Policy Research in Education; Chapter 2 - Globalizing Influences on the Western Evaluation Imaginary; Chapter 3 - Fundamental Evaluation Issues in a Global Society; Part II - The Role of Science in Educational Evaluation; Chapter 4 - Evaluation, Method Choices, and Pathways to Consequences: Trying to Make Sense of How Evaluation Can Contribute to Sensemaking; Chapter 5 - Randomized Experiments and Quasi-Experimental Designs in Educational Research
- Chapter 6 - Enhancing Impact Evidence on How Global Education Initiatives Work: Theory, Epistemological Foundations, and Principles for Applying Multiphase, Mixed Method DesignsChapter 7 - The Evaluation of the Georgia Pre-K Program: An Example of a Scientific Evaluation of an Early Education Program; Chapter 8 - Globalization-Blessing and Bane in Empirical Evaluation: Lessons in Three Acts; Chapter 9 - Science-Based Educational Evaluation and Student Learning in a Global Society: A Critical Appraisal; Part III - Educational Evaluation, Capacity Building, and Monitoring
- Chapter 10 - Evaluation, Accountability, and Performance Measurement in National Education Systems: Trends, Methods, and IssuesChapter 11 - A Precarious Balance: Educational Evaluation Capacity Building in a Globalized Society; Chapter 12 - International Assessments and Indicators: How Will Assessments and Performance Indicators Improve Educational Policies and Practices in a Globalized Society?; Chapter 13 - Exemplary Case: Implementing Large-Scale Assessment of Education in Mexico; Chapter 14 - Inquiry-Minded District Leaders: Evaluation as Inquiry, Inquiry as Practice
- Chapter 15 - Where Global Meets Local: Contexts, Constraints, and Consensus in School Evaluation in IrelandChapter 16 - Accountability and Capacity Building: Can They Live Together?; Part IV - Educational Evaluation as Learning and Discovery; Chapter 17 - Learning-Oriented Educational Evaluation in Contemporary Society; Chapter 18 - Meaningfully Engaging With Difference Through Mixed Methods Educational Evaluation; Chapter 19 - Case Study Methods in Educational Evaluation; Chapter 20 - Developing a Community of Practice: Learning and Transformation Through Evaluation
- Chapter 21 - Learning-in-(Inter)Action: A Dialogical Turn to Evaluation and LearningChapter 22 - Educational Evaluation as Mediated Mutual Learning; Part V - Educational Evaluation in a Political World; Chapter 23 - Own Goals: Democracy, Evaluation, and Rights in Millennium Projects; Chapter 24 - Reclaiming Knowledge at the Margins: Culturally Responsive Evaluation in the Current Evaluation Moment; Chapter 25 - Evaluation for and by Navajos: A Narrative Case of the Irrelevance of Globalization
- Chapter 26 - Dialogue, Deliberation, and Democracy in Educational Evaluation: Theoretical Arguments and a Case Narrative
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781483343457
- 1483343456
- 9781452226606
- 1452226601
- 9781483303482
- 1483303489
- OCLC:
- 781260865
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