Books by Ray C. Rist

Americans worry continually about their schools with frequent discussions of the "crisis" in American education, of the "failures" of the public school systems, and of the inability of schools to meet the current challenges of contemporary life

First published in 1973, this is a study of American education. It demonstrates how the concerns over the "failures" of the public school systems and the discussions of the inability of schools to meet the challenges of contemporary life date back to at least the 19th century.

Exploring how evaluation can influence and interact with the change process in policy and institutional development, the first section of this book contains 4 chapters from leading commentators. The second section presents a variety of lessons learnt and good practices in Evaluation Capacity Building.