Consumer-Oriented Evaluation Approach
The consumer-oriented approach to evaluation is the evaluation orientation advocated by evaluation expert and philosopher Michael Scriven. The approach stems from the belief that evaluation ought to serve the consumer, that is, the ultimate end user of the particular object under evaluation, the evaluand—be it a program, a curriculum, a policy, a product, or a service. This entry first discusses the history and the key aspects of the consumer-oriented evaluation approach, including the centrality of the consumer, the goal of the evaluation, and the role of the evaluation and the evaluator. It then looks at the techniques used in consumer-oriented evaluation, the checklist developed by Scriven for this evaluation approach, and the advantages and challenges of the approach.
The consumer-oriented evaluation approach arose in the 1960s ...
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