Books in the Advances in Program Evaluation series

This volume explores the vital contribution of case study as an evaluation approach that links methodology and political purpose, and opens up new ways of seeing.

Suggesting that school-based evaluation is a real thing being practised in many educational systems, this title discusses the concept of school-based evaluation, followed by a presentation of case studies of school evaluation from across the world.

The National Board for Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS) in the USA is the most ambitious and successful attempt by any country to establish a certification system for recognizing and rewarding teachers who reach high professional standards. This book focuses on The National Board for Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS).

This volume brings together the work of certain evaluators to explore the evaluation of programme quality. Through conceptual descriptions and applied examples they discuss the theoretical concerns and practical issues they face.

Addresses community arts and evaluation with an emphasis on the visual arts. This volume draws together a variety of international perspectives dealing with the common difficulty of conception related to both the mission of community centers and of the value of the visual arts programs offered within them.

In our reforming public institutions it sometimes feels as though the very ground of social and political contracts is shifting. This volume features contributors who give us a start in thinking through such a repositioning, some within the values framework of NPM, others as external observers.

One of the more interesting perspectives for evaluation is 'narrative'. Narratives are the common vehicles people use to understand and to communicate the value of their actions and social practices. This volume explores what a narrative perspective can mean for the practice of program evaluation.

This examination of advances in programme evaluation looks at issues such as deconstructing illuminative evaluation and new paradigm research; programme evaluation as a conceptual practice of power; and pragmatism and evaluative enquiry for organizational learning.

The National Science Foundations (NSF) Advanced Technological Education (ATE) program is a dynamic set of projects intent on improving the USA's technical workforce. This book uses the ATE work as a means to focus on key issues for federally funded projects and community colleges facing the challenges of reaching constituents in positive ways.