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You're about to start your first evaluation project. Where do you begin? Or you're a practicing evaluator faced with a challenging situation. How do you proceed? How do you handle the interactive components and processes inherent in evaluation practice?
Use Interactive Evaluation Practice to bridge the gap between the theory of evaluation and its practice. Taking an applied approach, this book provides readers with specific interactive skills needed in different evaluation settings and contexts. The authors illustrate multiple options for developing skills and choosing strategies, systematically highlighting the evaluator's three roles as decision maker, actor, and reflective practitioner. Case studies and interactive examples stimulate thinking about how to apply interactive skills across a variety of evaluation situations.
“From beginning to end, this book is an indispensable resource for those responsible for the evaluation process. In essence, here's a chance to learn from masters about acquiring mastery. What could be more useful?” Michael Quinn Patton, Author of Utilization-Focused Evaluation
“At long last, a book that explicitly addresses the importance of interpersonal dynamics in evaluation practice!” Hallie Preskill, Executive Director, Strategic Learning and Evaluation Center, FSG
“As an evaluator who frequently interacts with a variety of stakeholders and who provides graduate-level evaluation training, I find Interactive Evaluation Practice to be an exceptional addition to the evaluation literature and a useful guide to interacting with various stakeholder groups.” Chris L. S. Coryn, Western Michigan University
Framing Interactive Evaluation Practice
Framing Interactive Evaluation Practice
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- Present a primer on basic inquiry tasks (BIT)
- Explain the interpersonal participation quotient (IPQ), which details who is involved in the evaluation, in what ways, and to what degree
- Describe evaluation capacity building (ECB) for thinking about the ultimate outcomes of an evaluation
- Illustrate how these three frameworks (BIT, IPQ, and ECB) work together to frame effective interactive evaluation practice
Introduction
You may remember the story about the visitor lost in New York City who asks a bustling New Yorker for directions: “How do I get to Carnegie Hall?” Without missing a step, the New Yorker calls back over his shoulder: “Practice.”
Practice is the story of every evaluator's life. Even the most meticulously planned program evaluation will contain unpredictable moments and challenges that may make ...
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